BMW has issued a recall on a number of automobiles attributable to a difficulty with the vehicles’ variable camshaft timing methods, which might end in an engine stalling.
The recall impacts the 1-Collection Coupe, 1-Collection Convertible, 3-Collection, and 3-Collection Convertible from the 2010-2012 mannequin years, in addition to the 3-Collection Sports activities Wagon, 3-Collection Coupe, 5-Collection, X3 xDrive28i, X3 xDrive30i, X5 xDrive30i, and Z4 sDrive30i from the 2010-2011 mannequin years.
In complete there are 155,627 automobiles within the U.S. probably affected by the recall, in line with a recall discover printed by the NHTSA on Oct. 20.
The difficulty is because of the aluminum bolts that safe the housing for the variable camshaft timing system used on the engines, often known as VANOS. In line with the recall discover, the bolts might loosen over time and presumably break.
The treatment requires sellers to interchange the 4 bolts of the VANOS system, a service which will likely be carried out freed from cost.
Proprietor notification letters are anticipated to be mailed out on Dec. 12, however anybody in search of additional data can contact BMW at 1-800-525-7417or the NHTSA at 1-888-327-4236 (reference recall marketing campaign quantity 23V707000).
