Bmw 3 Series. Published by Transport Canada as 1978023 on 4 May 1978. System: Electrical.
What the notice says The bolt attaching the main wiring harness to a terminal underneath the fuse panel in the engine compartment could loosen and possibly cause a breakdown of the vehicle electrical system.
1977 bmw 320i - 5420001 to 5431989
1977 bmw 320i - 5470001 to 5473695
1978 bmw 320i - 5435001 to 5437988
1978 bmw 320i - …
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BMW 3 SERIES in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. BMW 3 SERIES is named on 3 American notices, 52 British and 17 European. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1978023
- Recall date
- 4 May 1978
- Make
- BMW
- Models
- 3 Series
- Model years
- 1977 to 1978
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Electrical
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1,855
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
THE BOLT ATTACHING THE MAIN WIRING HARNESS TO A TERMINAL UNDERNEATH THE FUSE PANEL IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT COULD LOOSEN AND POSSIBLY CAUSE A BREAKDOWN OF THE VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM.
1977 BMW 320I - 5420001 TO 5431989
1977 BMW 320I - 5470001 TO 5473695
1978 BMW 320I - 5435001 TO 5437988
1978 BMW 320I - 5475001 TO 5476194
Transport Canada recorded this notice in capitals, as its system did for many years. It is reproduced here exactly as published.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1978023.
BMW elsewhere in this register
BMW is named on 449 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1978021 · 3 May 1978 · 3 Series, 5 Series · Wheels
- 1978147 · 19 December 1978 · 3 Series · Engine
- 1977123 · 28 December 1977 · 3 Series · Engine
- 1977049 · 24 August 1977 · 3 Series · Engine
- 1977040 · 4 August 1977 · R100rs, R100s, R100/7 · Fuel System
- 1977027 · 29 July 1977 · 5 Series, 6 Series · Other
- 1979096 · 30 May 1979 · 3 Series · Fuel System
- 1976118 · 18 October 1976 · R75/7, R100rs, R60/7 · Powertrain
The same system: Electrical
686 notices in this register name Electrical. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1979104 · 14 July 1979 · Regal, El Camino, Monte Carlo · Electrical
- 1979211 · 27 December 1979 · CB750 · Electrical
- 1981110 · 4 November 1981 · Conventional School Bus, Conventional Non-School Bus · Electrical
- 1983020 · 22 February 1982 · GL, GLF, DL · Electrical
- 1982033 · 23 March 1982 · L Series · Electrical
- 1983005 · 12 January 1983 · Brat, GLF, Standard · Electrical
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This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the BMW 3 Series, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a BMW: 449 in the register, and 150 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1978.
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