BMW has announced a recall of nearly 9,000 vehicles from the 2011 and 2012 model years. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a key driveshaft component on those cars may be prone to break.
The component in question is the rear driveshaft constant-velocity joint (aka the CV joint), which was manufactured in Germany by Vibracoustic GmbH & Co. KG. NHTSA documents indicate that the rivet connections on the CV joint “may have insufficient fatigue strength.”
