2005 BMW 7 Series SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BMW 745LI. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING FROM A GARAGE, OIL WAS LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER PERFORMED REPAIRS TO THE VEHICLE UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V446000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM) BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 81,500 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 84,000.

BMW NA SUBMITTED TO NHTSA A NOTICE THAT UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES THERE MAY BE A POWER BRAKING LOSS DUE TO A LEAKING VACUUM PUMP. BMW NA HAS NOT INSTITUTED A CONSISTENT RECALL POLICY ACROSS ITS DEALERSHIPS RELATED TO THIS RECALL. DEALERSHIPS ARE LEFT TO THEIR DEVICES IN COVERING THE RECALL WORK WITH SOME DEALERSHIPS REPLACING VACUUM PUMPS, AND OTHERS CHARGING OWNERS FOR THE REPLACEMENT. OUR 745 EXPERIENCED THE BARE MINIMUM OF RECALL WORK IN DECEMBER 2010, BUT THE LEAKING VACUUM PUMP WAS NOT REPLACED, NOR WERE WE NOTIFIED THAT IT WAS LEAKING BY THE DEALERSHIP. 5 MONTHS LATER VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN INTO A COMMERCIAL STRIP MALL AND AS THE VEHICLE WAS BEING PARKED, IT DID NOT STOP. VEHICLE JUMPED PEDESTRIAN WALK WAY AND DAMAGED THE ENTRANCE OF A RESTAURANT. I HAVE LEARNED THROUGH RESEARCH THAT BMW NA IS ALL OVER THE BOARD REGARDING THIS RECALL. THOUGH EXTREMELY SHAKEN, NO PEDESTRIANS WERE INJURED, BUT BMW THROUGH NHTSA COMPLAINTS AND OWNER INPUT KNOWS THIS PROBLEM EXISTS. *TR

POWER BRAKE FAILURE. WE NEVER RECEIVED OCTOBER 2010 RECALL NOTICE FROM BMW USA. DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED LEAKING VACUUM PUMP BUT NEVER ADVISED OWNER TO REPLACE/REPAIR; DEALERSHIP HAD TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO CORRECT, BUT DIDN'T.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BMW 745LI. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR RECALL 10V446000 (SERVICE BRAKES: POWER ASSIST: VACUUM). THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER BUT COULD NOT GET AN ANSWER AS TO WHEN THE REPAIRS WOULD BE DONE. THE CONTACT FELT THAT THE RECALL WAS NOT BEING ATTENDED TO IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 54,700. UPDATED 04/27/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 BMW 745LI. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER TO BE REPAIRED FOR THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V446000 (SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM). WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE REPAIRED, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE SEAL ON THE VACUUM PUMP WAS LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE INSTEAD OF THE BRAKE BOOSTER, AS THE RECALL STATED. HE WAS THEN INFORMED THAT REPAIRING THE VEHICLE UNDER THE RECALL WOULD NOT REPAIR THE ACTUAL FAILURE AND ADDITIONAL REPAIRS OUTSIDE OF THE RECALL WOULD BE NEEDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 61,000. UPDATED 02/10/11 *BF UPDATED 08/22/11