Filed under: Sedan, Wagon, Recalls, Safety, Crossover, BMW, Luxury
Vehicles these days are typically fitted with a mat in the front passenger seat that determines whether that airbag needs to be activated in the event of a collision and how it should deploy. But that system doesn't always work, as
Mercedes recently
found in its
SL-Class roadster and as
Suzuki did
before it with the
Grand Vitara and
SX4 crossovers. Now a crop of
BMW vehicles have befallen the same issue, prompting the Bavarian automaker to cooperate with the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to issue a
recall for the vehicles in question.
The problem affects precisely 76,565 vehicles, including certain the
3 Series (sedan and wagon),
5 Series,
7 Series and
X5 crossover families spanning the 2006 and 2007 model years and fitted with a certain type of seat. However, since the parts to repair the problematic components are not currently available, as you can see from the recall notice
below, it won't be until March 2014 when local dealers will be able to resolve the issue.
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