Vehicle profile
1993 BMW 8 Series 850ci
Coupe · Subcompact Cars
Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 296 hp
- Cylinders
- 12-cyl
- Displacement
- 5L
- Fuel
- Gasoline
- Transmission
- Automatic 4-spd
- Drive
- RWD
- Body class
- Subcompact Cars
Federal recall campaigns
1 federal recall campaign.
How this compares
- vs 1993 Subcompact Cars
- 0.41× the 2.43 campaigns averaged across that group (fewer than typical)
- Most-affected system
- ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING — 1 of 1 (100%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 1993 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
98V178000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEMVEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. A MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF A COOLANT SYSTEM COMPONENT, SUCH AS A THERMOSTAT, WATER PUMP, OR FAN BELT, CAN RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED COOLANT TEMPERATURE AND SYSTEM PRESSURE. IF THE INDICATIONS OF A CRITICAL OVERHEATING CONDITION IS NOT NOTICED BY THE DRIVER, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT DAMAGE TO, OR FAILURE OF, A COOLANT SYSTEM COMPONENT COULD OCCUR.
Consequence: IF A CRACK WERE TO FORM OR A SEAM WERE TO SEPARATE IN THE HEATER CORE END PIECE, HOT COOLANT COULD SUDDENLY BE EXPELLED, INCREASING THE RISK OF PERSONAL INJURY TO A VEHICLE OCCUPANT.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL INSTALL A NEW DESIGN RADIATOR CAP TO CONTROL PRESSURE AND PROVIDE GREATER COOLANT OVERFLOW IN THE EVENT OF OVERHEATING.
1998-08-04
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"year": 1993,
"make": "BMW",
"model": "8 Series",
"trim": "850ci",
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"horsepower": 296,
"cylinders": 12,
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"body_class": "Subcompact Cars",
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