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Passenger car – BMW “3 Series”

Serious risk Injuries

Published by Safety Gate 19 Jun 2013In the weekly report of 28 Jun 2013 (week 25, 2013)Safety Gate noticeJSON
latest report: week 43, 30 Oct 2026checked 5 min agoSource: EU Safety Gate
Product
Passenger car
Brand
BMW (260 alerts)
Brand as notified
Bmw
Name
3 Series
Type / model
3 series E46
Batch numbers
N/A (official alert record)
Description
Passenger car.Production period: May 1999 – August 2006
Production dates
N/A
Risk
null A degradation of the inflator propellant for the front passenger air bag could occur over time. This could lead in very rare cases to an overly aggressive combustion of the propellant during an airbag deployment possibly resulting in separation of the airbag housing and injury of the vehicle occupant.
Measures
  • Recall of the product from end users
Notifying country
Portugal
Country of origin
Germany
Alert type
Consumer

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Sources

  1. Safety Gate alert A12/0760/13
    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-2013-025 (XML)
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