BMW 3 Series Recall

Pip1968 · 19-07-2014, 12:01 PM

I came across this on the M5Board.com :-

BMW will recall roughly 1.6 million of its 3 Series luxury cars worldwide because of possibly faulty passenger side airbag inflators that could rupture.

In an official statement, BMW said the affected models were built between the 1999 and 2006 model years and that the recall campaign is voluntary. The company didn’t say how many of the affected vehicles were sold in the U.S. The company plans to replace the passenger-side airbags because it shares a supplier with other companies using the same airbags that have, in rare cases, were affected by rupturing gas generators.

Today’s announcement is an expansion of a campaign BMW announced last year recalling 240,000 E46 3 Series vehicles. At the time, BMW’s equipment supplier specified a production period in which it produced the faulty airbags, but it has since expanded that period.

Pip

Heisenburg · 19-07-2014, 02:26 PM

Yes, read somewhere that it can rupture causing loose pieces to fly if airbag is deployed. Some of those over on cutters have got the recall letter. I can't seem to find the exact production period affected, just the general statement above.

Anyone on here get one?

s.mac · 19-07-2014, 05:38 PM

Csl are not on the recall list

adem.csl · 20-07-2014, 04:17 PM

My 4dr 320i is on recall list but not my csl!!

terraphantm · 20-07-2014, 06:20 PM

Where's the recall list?

Realistically there's no reason the CSL (and normal M3) shouldn't be included in the recall. Passenger airbag is the same part number as in every other E46

Pip1968 · 20-07-2014, 08:11 PM

Hmm, who is getting on the blower to the dealers regarding CSLs? (Not me I am afraid as I am away

)

Pip

mattCSLnut · 20-07-2014, 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pip1968

Hmm, who is getting on the blower to the dealers regarding CSLs? (Not me I am afraid as I am away

)

Pip

I'll ask Emma @ Elms tomorrow while my Cecil is having his fluids changed.

billyboysm3 · 21-07-2014, 11:15 AM

E46 M3 (CSL wannabe) is on recall list and have the letter.

sailorbaz · 21-07-2014, 12:24 PM

When they talk about 'Side airbags' are they not talking about the ones in the doors? If so, ours don't have them... Make a right mess of the CF door card if it does! lol

The ones in the A-Pillars? They not referred to as 'Curtain airbags'?

**Brandtner** · 21-07-2014, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pip1968

Hmm, who is getting on the blower to the dealers regarding CSLs? (Not me I am afraid as I am away

)

Pip

Spoke to my local dealer regarding my Cecil - the CSL is not on the list

19-07-2014, 12:01 PM	#1
Pip1968 S5, Sport Off, DSC M-track Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Kent, England Posts: 940 Casino cash: $8383	BMW 3 Series Recall I came across this on the M5Board.com :- BMW will recall roughly 1.6 million of its 3 Series luxury cars worldwide because of possibly faulty passenger side airbag inflators that could rupture. In an official statement, BMW said the affected models were built between the 1999 and 2006 model years and that the recall campaign is voluntary. The company didn’t say how many of the affected vehicles were sold in the U.S. The company plans to replace the passenger-side airbags because it shares a supplier with other companies using the same airbags that have, in rare cases, were affected by rupturing gas generators. Today’s announcement is an expansion of a campaign BMW announced last year recalling 240,000 E46 3 Series vehicles. At the time, BMW’s equipment supplier specified a production period in which it produced the faulty airbags, but it has since expanded that period. Pip

20-07-2014, 04:17 PM	#4
adem.csl S5, Sport On, DSC M-track Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: north london Posts: 1,012 Casino cash: $7218	My 4dr 320i is on recall list but not my csl!! __________________ Bmw in the blood!!

19-07-2014, 02:26 PM	#2
Heisenburg S3 - On the open road Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Stevenage Posts: 91 Casino cash: $18407	Yes, read somewhere that it can rupture causing loose pieces to fly if airbag is deployed. Some of those over on cutters have got the recall letter. I can't seem to find the exact production period affected, just the general statement above. Anyone on here get one?

19-07-2014, 05:38 PM	#3
s.mac CSL Register Uber-poster! Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 4,247 Casino cash: $15600	Csl are not on the recall list

20-07-2014, 06:20 PM	#5
terraphantm S2 - Picking it up Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 40 Casino cash: $400	Where's the recall list? Realistically there's no reason the CSL (and normal M3) shouldn't be included in the recall. Passenger airbag is the same part number as in every other E46

20-07-2014, 08:11 PM	#6
Pip1968 S5, Sport Off, DSC M-track Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Kent, England Posts: 940 Casino cash: $8383	Hmm, who is getting on the blower to the dealers regarding CSLs? (Not me I am afraid as I am away ) Pip

21-07-2014, 11:15 AM	#8
billyboysm3 CSL Register Uber-poster! Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 3,000 Casino cash: $25192	E46 M3 (CSL wannabe) is on recall list and have the letter.