Might 4, 2023

— Impacts roughly 90,000 autos constructed between 2000 and 2006 already underneath recall.
— The autos stay unrepaired regardless of intense buyer outreach efforts since 2016.
— Homeowners of those autos ought to park them instantly and speak to BMW for extra data.

Woodcliff Lake, NJ – Might 4, 2023… Within the curiosity of buyer security, BMW of North America has pro-actively issued a right away Do Not Drive warning for about 90,000 2000-2006 BMW 3 Collection (E46) together with M3, 2000-2003 5 Collection (E39) together with M5, and 2000-2004 X5s (E53) outfitted with sure driver’s entrance airbag inflators manufactured by Takata. These autos have already been included in a number of Takata-related remembers; nonetheless, regardless of intense buyer outreach efforts by BMW since 2016, they continue to be unrepaired and, because the airbag inflators age additional, the chance of great harm or demise will increase. Subsequently, to reemphasize the seriousness of the scenario, the choice was made to escalate the recall to a Do Not Drive order. Homeowners of affected BMWs that haven’t had their autos inspected and repaired mustn’t take into account them protected to drive.

Notification emails will likely be despatched to homeowners of those autos beginning in Might with letters to observe in June.

These autos had been manufactured with airbag inflators that comprise a propellant that breaks down after long-term publicity to temperature fluctuations and humidity. If the automobile is concerned in a crash and the driving force’s airbag deploys, the metallic airbag inflator can rupture, sending razor-sharp shrapnel in direction of the occupants. As these unrepaired autos proceed to age, the chemical compounds will proceed to degrade, rising the chances of a disastrous rupture.

“We can not state strongly sufficient simply how pressing it’s for our clients to take this warning significantly. We all know these airbags solely turn into extra harmful over time, which is why we’re taking yet one more step to get these components out of our autos. Clients should park these autos instantly and take just a few moments to test if their automobile is protected for them and their members of the family to drive”, stated Claus Eberhart, Vice President of Aftersales BMW NA, “Repairing these autos is fast, simple to rearrange, and is totally freed from cost.”

Because the recall was first introduced, BMW has aggressively and repeatedly engaged in all kinds of buyer outreach campaigns to compel homeowners of those autos to have this important security restore accomplished – at completely no cost – as quickly as potential. These have included contacts by cellphone, textual content, e mail, letters and postcards, and social media. BMW has coordinated with its supplier community, collision facilities, and unbiased retailers and restore services to establish affected autos and facilitate repairs. These efforts and plenty of others have resulted within the restore of a whole bunch of 1000’s of autos – addressing about 87% of all of BMW’s recalled airbag inflators.

There are not any restrictions in anyway stopping clients from having the airbag of their automobile changed instantly. The components can be found, and the restore prices them nothing. In lots of instances, the alternative may be finished remotely – technicians may be despatched wherever the automobile is positioned and full the restore on web site. If distant restore can’t be finished, the automobile may be picked up on the buyer’s residence or workplace freed from cost, repaired, and returned when the service is full. Usually, the airbag alternative takes lower than an hour.

To study if their automobile requires restore proper now, homeowners could:
Go to www.bmwusa.com/recall
Go to www.nhsta.gov/recalls
Name BMW Buyer Relations Recall Companies at 1-866-835-8615
Contact their most well-liked BMW service heart by means aside from driving their BMW to the power