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Passenger car – BMW

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 30 Aug 2007In the weekly report of 31 Aug 2007 (week 34, 2007)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car
Brand
BMW (260 alerts)
Type / model
X5. Models: 4.8i FE 81, 3.Osi FF 41, 3.od FE 41
Description
Passenger car category M1
Risk
The driver’s seat is equipped with a main seatbelt pretensioner and an additional pretensioner where the seatbelt is fastened. During an accident, the pretensioner of the final fitting is activated shortly after activation of the main pretensioner. In some isolated cases, this impulse may cause the buckle of the seatbelt to open unnecessarily. If this happens, the restraining action of the three-point safety belt is lost.
Measures
  • Voluntary corrective actions taken by the importer
Notifying country
Spain
Country of origin
Germany
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert 0901/07
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  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2007-34 (XML)
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