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Passenger car – BMW “3 Series, 5 Series, X5”

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 24 Feb 2017In the weekly report of 3 Mar 2017 (week 9, 2017)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 8 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car
Brand
BMW (260 alerts)
Brand as notified
Bmw
Name
3 Series, 5 Series, X5
Type / model
Type-approvals: e1*98/14*0097, *0144, *0167, *0112, *0146, *0150, *0028, *0111, *0153; e1*2001/116*0144, *0167, *0112, *0146, *0150, *0282, *0153; e9*98/14*0022*; types: 346L, 346X, 346K, 346C, 3.....
Batch numbers
The vehicles concerned were produced between July 1999 and January 2003. Only vehicles for which the inflator of the driver's airbag has been exchanged as part of a service are affected. (official alert record)
Description
Passenger car
Production dates
The vehicles concerned were produced between July 1999 and January 2003. Only vehicles for which the inflator of the driver's airbag has been exchanged as part of a service are affected.
Risk
null If the driver's airbag is deployed, the inflator might burst if it was subject to high air humidity, high temperatures and substantial temperature fluctuations over a number of years. This may result in the ejection of metal parts, which could cause injury or death to the driver and the passengers.
Measures
  • Recall of the product from end users · by the manufacturer
Notifying country
Germany
Country of origin
Germany
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/0266/17
    European Commission, Safety Gaterecord fields marked “official alert record”: © European Union, CC BY 4.0; values listed separately here
  2. Safety Gate weekly report Report-2017-009 (XML)
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