NHTSA Campaign 08V384000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
NHTSA campaign 08V384000 covers 7 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal. The repair is free.
BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC filed the report for 08V384000 with NHTSA on August 5, 2008; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 08V384000, NHTSA lists up to 200,000 potentially affected vehicles.
Owner notification letters for 08V384000 were scheduled from November 6, 2008, 93 days after the report.
08V384000 covers 3 models from BMW, model years 2004–2006.
Owners of the model years 08V384000 covers have filed at least 314 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 08V384000 vehicles, the 2006 BMW 3 Series has the most (101).
By potentially affected vehicles, 08V384000 ranks 2 of 72 BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 08V384000, BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC has 1 other recall on the air bags on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- BMW IS RECALLING 200,000 MY 2006 3 SERIES SPORT SEAT, MY 2004-2006 5 SERIES STANDARD AND SPORT SEAT, AND MY 2004-2006 X3 PASSENGER VEHICLES. DEPENDING ON THE MANNER AND FREQUENCY OF THE FRONT PASSENGER'S ENTRY AND EXIT, SMALL CRACKS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE MAT. IF THIS OCCURS, THE FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAGS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE HEAD PROTECTION SYSTEM, WILL BE DEACTIVATED AND THE AIR BAG WARNING LAMP AS WELL AS THE PASSENGER AIR BAG "ON-OFF" LAMP WILL BE ILLUMINATED.
- The risk
- IN THIS SITUATION THE FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY EVEN IF A SUFFICIENTLY SEVERE ACCIDENT WOULD OCCUR AND OCCUPANT PROTECTION PROVIDED BY THE SYSTEM WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL REWORK THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR MAT SO THAT EXTERNAL FORCE APPLICATION TO THE SEAT DOES NOT CAUSE A CRACK TO THE MAT. THE RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 6, 2008. BMW WILL ALSO EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON THESE VEHICLES TO 10 YEARS FROM FIRST REGISTRATION WITHOUT ANY MILEAGE LIMIT. OWNERS MAY CONTACT BMW AT 1-800-525-7417.
- Notes
- BMW IS EXTENDING THE WARRANTY TO 10 YEARS FROM FIRST REGISTRATION WITHOUT ANY MILEAGE LIMIT TO THE FOLLOWING VEHICLES: MY 2006 6-SERIES, 3-SERIES (STANDARD SEAT), MY 2004-2005 Z4, MY 2004-2006 7-SERIES, MY 2006 X5, AND MY 2004-2006 5-SERIES (COMFORT SEAT). UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY PROGRAM, THE OCCUPANT DETECTION MAT IN A VEHICLE THAT EXPERIENCES THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE WILL BE REPLACED AT NO CHARGE TO THE CUSTOMER.
Reported August 5, 2008
Vehicles covered by 08V384000 (7)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 08V384000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: August 5, 2008. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted