| NHTSA Record Id: 7076 |
Vehicale/Equipment Name: BMW |
| Recalled Component Id: 000010641000081842000000063 |
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| Model Name: R1100 S |
Model Year: 1999 |
| NHTSA Campaign Number: 00V144000 |
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| Component Name: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES |
Manufacturer That Filed Report: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE |
| Start date of Manufacturing: Apr, 01 1998 |
End date of Manufacturing: Jun, 30 1999 |
| Report For : V |
Potential Number Of Unit Affected: 474 |
| Date Owner Notified By MFR : Sep, 11 2000 |
Recall Initiator: MFR |
| Manufacturers Of recalled Vehicles/Products : BMW of North America, LLC |
Report Received Date: May, 18 2000 |
| Record Creation date : May, 22 2000 |
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| Defect Summary : Vehicle description: motorcycles. due to use of an incorrect thread-locking material in production, it is possible for the rear brake linkage ball end, which is screwed into the rear brake lever, to loosen and eventually detach from the lever. |
Consequence Summary: If this happens, the rear brake could no longer be applied, increasing the risk of a crash. |
| Corrective Summary : Dealers will remove the brake linkage ball end from the brake lever and reinstall it with a different thread-locking compound, to prevent the ball end from loosening. |
Recall Notes: Owner notification began september 11, 2000. owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact bmw at 1-800-831-1117, option #5.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). |
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