LAST AUTO NEWS – URGENT RECALL ALERT: BMW 1, 3-SERIES
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BMW is abandoning every 2008 1-Series and 3-Series car to actual a birthmark that could could cause an airbag failure.
In a birthmark apprehension filed with the National Highway Traffic Assurance Administration, BMW explains, “The botheration involves the base for the foreground ancillary airbags and foreground assurance belt tensioners. Specifically, incorrect coil connectors may accept been acclimated on the ancillary airbag and belt tensioner wiring. As a result, acceptable acquaintance amid the coil connectors and the agnate bung may not action which could advance to an access in the electrical attrition of that connector. If that happened, it could be accessible for the ancillary air bag and/or the assurance belt tensioner not to deploy” in an accident, accretion the accident of injuries.
Cars that acquaintance the birthmark should affectation an airbag admonishing assurance in the apparatus cluster, but owners are brash to heed the anamnesis apprehension even if they don’t see the airbag warning.
BMW dealers will actual the birthmark chargeless of charge. BMW has not yet provided a notification agenda to the federal government, so we do not apperceive if dealers will activate contacting owners about the recall. Those who ambition to accomplish their own adjustment arrange may acquaintance BMW at (800) 831-1117.
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