BMW Recalls 150,000 Vehicles for Airbag Sensor Fix
August 18, 2008
FRANKFURT, GERMANY
– BMW will recall around 150,000 vehicles in North America to fix a possible defect that may keep the front passenger airbag from opening
in a crash. The voluntary recall concerns the front passenger airbag seat
sensor mat in certain 2004-2006 model year vehicles, according to
www.reuters.com.
U.S. traffic safety regulators had referred to 200,000 such vehicles, but the
spokesman said 50,000 of them had already received new mats that function
properly. Models affected include certain 2006 3-Series, 2004-06 5-Series and
2004-06 X3 vehicles.
BMW said it would start sending letters to customers in
late-September and that affected owners could continue to drive their vehicles
unless the airbag warning lamp and the passenger airbag ‘on-off’ lamp
illuminated simultaneously.
The spokesman said BMW procured the sensor mats from the VDO
automotive electronics business that Continental AG bought last year from
Siemens.
