Passenger car – BMW “5er, X5”
Serious risk Injuries
- Product
- Passenger car
- Brand
- BMW (260 alerts)
- Brand as notified
- Bmw
- Name
- 5er, X5
- Type / model
- Type-approval numbers: e1*98/14*0028, e9*98/14*0022 , e1*98/14*0153, e1*2001/116*0153; Types: 5/D, 5/DS, X53
- Batch numbers
- The vehicles concerned were manufactured between April 2000 and September 2004. (official alert record)
- Description
- Passenger car. Company recall code: 0032790200
- Production dates
- The vehicles concerned were manufactured between April 2000 and September 2004.
- Risk
- Owing to retrofitting of the steering wheel, certain vehicles may be equipped with a driver airbag that has a gas generator which could burst in the event of airbag activation if it has been exposed to moisture and heat cycles over time. This may result in metal parts being discharged, which could lead to injury or death of the vehicle occupants.
- Measures
- Recall of the product from end users · by the manufacturer
- Notifying country
- Germany
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Alert type
- Consumer
- Photos
- Photos shown from the Safety Gate server (European Commission); not copied here.
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