Bmw X5. Published by Transport Canada as 2003265 on 4 November 2003. System: Powertrain.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, insufficient tightening torque may have been applied to certain front drivetrain fasteners. Specifically, the affected fasteners are those involving the front differential, the right output shaft housing flange at the engine, and the right-hand engine support. Insufficient torque could lead to a …
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BMW X5 in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. BMW X5 is named on 57 American notices, 54 British, 49 European, 12 Japanese and 113 Israeli. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2003265
- Recall date
- 4 November 2003
- Make
- BMW
- Models
- X5
- Model years
- 2004
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Powertrain
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 40
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, insufficient tightening torque may have been applied to certain front drivetrain fasteners. Specifically, the affected fasteners are those involving the front differential, the right output shaft housing flange at the engine, and the right-hand engine support. Insufficient torque could lead to a loosening of a fastener. If this happens, at first, noise would be perceptible to the driver. During prolonged driving, sufficient loosening of a fastener could cause damage to a fastener's threading, as well as, to engine and transmission housings. In extreme cases, the right output shaft could become disconnected. Correction: Dealer will inspect and retighten the drivetrain fasteners to their specified values.
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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.
- 2003259 · 24 October 2003 · 5 Series · Airbag
- 2003258 · 23 October 2003 · R1150rt, R1150gs, R1100s · Engine
- 2003201 · 27 August 2003 · R1150gs · Brakes
- 2003202 · 27 August 2003 · 7 Series · Engine
- 2003168 · 8 July 2003 · 7 Series · Other
- 2003146 · 3 June 2003 · F650cs · Powertrain
- 2003142 · 28 May 2003 · F650cs · Powertrain
- 2003131 · 16 May 2003 · X5 · Brakes
The same system: Powertrain
823 notices in this register name Powertrain. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2003256 · 23 October 2003 · 4800 · Powertrain
- 2003321 · 8 December 2003 · Ram · Powertrain
- 2003343 · 19 December 2003 · TT · Powertrain
- 2003206 · 2 September 2003 · Road Star (xv16) · Powertrain
- 2003146 · 3 June 2003 · F650cs · Powertrain
- 2003142 · 28 May 2003 · F650cs · Powertrain
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