The 5-28-2015 NEW DRIVERS SIDE airbag recall; NHTSA Campaign Number: 15V318000

[JFern]

I think the interim solution BMW is talking about is in regards to the Driver's side airbag... not the passenger's side. I know the passenger's side airbags on both my BMWs were done in accordance with the official recall notice so those were with the "improved" parts but only time will tell....

Based on the notice I posted for everyone, I don't think BMW has the parts necessary to do the official recall notice in regards to the Driver's side air bag recall so they are doing the interim (meaning they will use existing inventory) to replace airbags installed on cars in Florida and Hawaii, then when parts are made available for the official Driver's side airbag recall (whenever that will be), all cars (including Florida and Hawaii) will be called in to have their airbags replaced....

Agreed. From reading the NHTSA FAQ, the concern seems to be with the propellant wafers changing as they age. So I guess a new airbag with the same propellant is better than one with 9+ year old propellant, until they can manufacture new ones with the new propellant.

[Jphilbeck]

The recall is on all of the cars and shows up on DCS when we scan your key but the part is on backorder. They want to replace those in Hawaii and Florida first. We will all still get the replacement when parts are more readily available. We went through the same thing when the passenger side recall was first released.

[Vas]

My guess would be to minimize the chance they're carrying around a shrapnel-flinging airbag?

10 years at least have passed. What's another couple of months ?

[cakM3]

10 years at least have passed. What's another couple of months ?

Probably like what's another 6 months...


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[terraphantm]

My car is no longer showing as having any open recalls on both BMW's and the NHTSA's site. I still haven't gotten my driver side airbag done.

Are your cars still showing up?

[BMWCurves]

I just checked BMW's recall website (http://www.bmwusa.com/standard/conte...eoverride=true) and mine no longer has the recall listed (I never got the driver's side recall done)

I wonder if they're now trying to target cars incrementally?

[das boots]

They are trying to skate out of making repairs. Think $$$$$$$.

[cakM3]

isn't money always a driven factor on decisions made by big businesses?