22V119000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CRANKCASE (PCV)
An electrical short can cause the PCV valve heater to overheat, increasing the risk of a fire while driving or, soon after driving when parked.
2007 BMW Z4
2 safety recall campaigns, 42 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints42
Complaints citing a crash5
Complaints citing a fire2
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 2 of 2
17V683000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CRANKCASE (PCV)
An electrical short can cause the parts within the PCV valve to melt, increasing the risk of a fire, even when the vehicle is not in use.
What owners report most
- 10STEERING
- 6AIR BAGS
- 4ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 4ENGINE
- 3ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
- 2EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 2ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- 1ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2007 BMW Z4s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.