NHTSA recall 12V502000
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| Published by | NHTSA (United States) |
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| Campaign number | 12V502000 |
| Manufacturer | BMW of North America, LLC |
| Reported | 2012-10-17 |
| Owners notified | 2013-03-20 |
| Component | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM); POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION |
| Units potentially affected | 45500 |
What is wrong
BMW is recalling certain model year 2005-2008 7-Series vehicles, equipped with the Comfort Access option, and manufactured August 23, 2004, through July 24, 2008. The affected vehicles have an electronic key and an electronic connection between the gear shifter and the transmission (shift-by-wire) that automatically shifts the transmission to Park when the driver presses the Start/Stop button to shutdown the engine. If the driver presses the engine Start/Stop button 2 or 3 times within a short time interval, the system may shift the transmission to Neutral rather than Park. If using the electronic key (Comfort Access mode), there would be no protection from the ignition interlock that prevents key removal if the vehicle is not in Park.
What can happen
If the driver exits the vehicle with the transmission in Neutral and the parking brake is not applied, the vehicle may rollaway. Unattended rollaway incidents often result in a crash or cause injury to pedestrians attempting to stop or enter the vehicle or to other bystanders in the path of the vehicle.
The remedy
BMW will notify owners beginning in November 2012. The remedy became available in March 2013. Owners may call BMW at 1-800-525-7417 or email BMW at CustomerRelations@bmwusa.com.
Notes
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
| 2005 BMW 745I | Built 2004-08-23 to 2008-07-24. |
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| 2005 BMW 745LI | Built 2004-08-23 to 2008-07-24. |
| 2006 BMW 750I | Built 2004-08-23 to 2008-07-24. |
| 2007 BMW 750I | Built 2004-08-23 to 2008-07-24. |
| 2008 BMW 750I | Built 2004-08-23 to 2008-07-24. |
| 2006 BMW 750LI | Built 2004-08-23 to 2008-07-24. |
| 2007 BMW 750LI | Built 2004-08-23 to 2008-07-24. |
| 2008 BMW 750LI | Built 2004-08-23 to 2008-07-24. |
| 2005 BMW 760I | Built 2004-08-23 to 2008-07-24. |
| 2006 BMW 760I | Built 2004-08-23 to 2008-07-24. |
| 2005 BMW 760LI | Built 2004-08-23 to 2008-07-24. |
| 2006 BMW 760LI | Built 2004-08-23 to 2008-07-24. |
| 2007 BMW 760LI | Built 2004-08-23 to 2008-07-24. |
| 2008 BMW 760LI | Built 2004-08-23 to 2008-07-24. |
A vehicle with no link is not in this site's catalog, which covers cars, multipurpose vehicles and trucks by model year. The campaign is from data as of 2026-10-19.
Investigated as EA12002
This recall followed 1 NHTSA investigation. An investigation is NHTSA looking into a possible defect. It is not a finding that a defect exists, and it does not say that any one vehicle is affected.
| EA12002 | Engineering analysis, opened 2012-04-10, closed 2013-01-24. Vehicle Rollaway. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. |
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From NHTSA's investigation file, as of 2026-10-19. The JSON has NHTSA's summary of each.
Bulletins for the same vehicles and component
| SI-B12-17-08 | 2009-01-06. Service bulletin. BMW: SERVICE ACTION ON E65 AND E66 WITH N62, N62TU, OR N73,OBD COMMUNICATION ON MODELS E65, E66 WITH N62TU, E65 (ALPINA B7) WITH N62. *PE |
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A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.