2004 BMW 745I defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2004 BMW 745I. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Vehicle Rollaway
  Engineering Analysis EA12002 · opened Apr 10, 2012 · closed Jan 24, 2013 · led to recall 12V502000

  In a letter dated October 16, 2012, BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) submitted a Defect Information Report (DIR), NHTSA Recall No. 12V-502 to NHTSA identifying a safety defect involving the possibility of unattended vehicle rollaway in MY 2005 through 2008 BMW 7-Series (approximately 45,000) vehicles equipped with the C…