BMW X5 Engine emergency mode may be activated during driving Recall

Reason for recall: The screws retaining the variable camshaft timing (VANOS) housing may loosen and under certain circumstances the heads may break off. This can lead to the VANOS leaking oil internally and adversely affect the valve timing adjustment. If found to deviating from targeted data the engine emergency mode will be activated. This will be indicated by a distinct change in engine running. The orange engine management warning lamp and a check message; On vehicles with N51/N52 engines this will appear at ignition recycle on N55 engine it will display immediately.

Jul 28, 2014

Repalce bolted connection of the VANOS adjustment unit

This issue affects 1 3 4 5 6 X1 X3 X5 Z4 , this particular recall is for the X5.