Vehicle profile
1992 BMW 8 Series 850i
Coupe · Subcompact Cars
Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 295 hp
- Cylinders
- 12-cyl
- Displacement
- 5L
- Fuel
- Gasoline
- Transmission
- Automatic 4-spd
- Drive
- RWD
- Body class
- Subcompact Cars
- Doors
- 2
Federal recall campaigns
2 federal recall campaigns.
How this compares
- vs 1992 Subcompact Cars
- 0.95× the 2.1 campaigns averaged across that group (in line with the group)
- Most-affected system
- AIR BAGS — 1 of 2 (50%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 1992 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
96V110000
AIR BAGS:FRONTALTHE AIR BAG CONTACT RING LOCKING TAB LOCATED IN THE STEERING WHEEL ASSEMBLY CAN BREAK WITHOUT WARNING.
Consequence: IF THIS HAPPENS, THE CONTACT RING WIRING COULD EVENTUALLY BREAK. THE AIR BAG READINESS INDICATOR LAMP (SRS OR AIRBAG) IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WILL ILLUMINATE, AND THE AIR BAG WOULD NOT DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF A FRONTAL IMPACT VEHICLE COLLISION.
Remedy: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE LOCKING TAB WITH ONE OF A DIFFERENT DESIGN.
1996-07-01
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"id": "51600yurasqu755",
"year": 1992,
"make": "BMW",
"model": "8 Series",
"trim": "850i",
"submodel": "Coupe",
"horsepower": 295,
"cylinders": 12,
"displacement_l": 5,
"transmission": "Automatic 4-spd",
"drive_type": "RWD",
"fuel_type": "Gasoline",
"body_class": "Subcompact Cars",
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"image_type": "illustration",
"recall_count": 2
}Compare
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