2003 BMW 325CI & 2003 BMW 325I recall: speed control
⚠️ What's wrong
On certain passenger and sport wagon vehicles with automatic transmissions, with the engine running, and the vehicle at rest, an increase of engine idle speed (up to 1,300 RPM) may occur.
💥 The risk
If a gear is selected, the driver may feel as if the vehicle is being pushed.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will reprogram the digital engine management control unit. Owner notification began may 5, 2003. 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.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 03V124000
- Manufacturer
- BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE
- Vehicles affected
- 1,056
- Component
- VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- Owner phone
- 1-800-831-1117
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- May 5, 2003
- Built
- Aug 13, 2002 – Oct 10, 2002
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Customers CAN also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).