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Passenger car – BMW “X5 4.8i”

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 7 Mar 2013In the weekly report of 15 Mar 2013 (week 10, 2013)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 4 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car
Brand
BMW (260 alerts)
Brand as notified
Bmw
Name
X5 4.8i
Type / model
X5 4.8i (N62T engine) manufactured between May 2006 and March 2010.
Batch numbers
N/A (official alert record)
Description
Passenger car.
Production dates
N/A
Risk
null Motor oil may leak from the brake vacuum pump into the vacuum hose and from there onto the brake booster. In isolated cases, the motor oil could damage the membrane and affect the power assist braking. This would mean drivers having to depress the brake pedal harder in order to slow down or stop the vehicle. This could lead to a traffic accident.
Measures
  • Recall of the product from end users
Notifying country
Spain
Country of origin
Germany
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/0326/13
    European Commission, Safety Gaterecord fields marked “official alert record”: © European Union, CC BY 4.0; values listed separately here
  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2013-010 (XML)
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