NHTSA Campaign 13V564000
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
NHTSA campaign 13V564000 covers 1 year-make-model version listed here and concerns the air bags: sensor: occupant classification. The repair is free.
BMW of North America, LLC filed the report for 13V564000 with NHTSA on November 12, 2013; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 13V564000, NHTSA lists up to 76,565 potentially affected vehicles, built between December 1, 2005 and September 29, 2006.
The 13V564000 report reached NHTSA 7 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 13V564000 were scheduled from August 29, 2014, 290 days after the report.
13V564000 covers 1 model from BMW, model years 2006.
Owners of the model years 13V564000 covers have filed at least 83 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
By potentially affected vehicles, 13V564000 ranks 34 of 282 BMW of North America, LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 13V564000, BMW of North America, LLC has 51 other recalls on the air bags on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- BMW of North America LLC (BMW) is recalling certain model year 2006 325i, 325xi, 330i, 330xi sedans and 325xi sports wagons, model year 2007 328i, 328xi, 335i, 335xi sedans and 328i and 328xi sports wagons, model year 2006-2007 525i, 525xi, 530i, 530xi, 550i sedans and 530xi sports wagons, model year 2006 760i sedans, model year 2006-2007 750i, 750Li, and 760Li sedans, and model year 2006 X5 sports activity vehicles, equipped with certain seat types. The front passenger seat occupant detection mat that determines if and how the passenger frontal air bag should deploy in a crash may fatigue and develop cracks which could lead to a system failure.
- The risk
- Should the system fail, in the event of a crash, the front passenger air bag would be deactivated, increasing the risk of personal injury.
- The fix
- BMW will notify owners with an interim notification letter in January 2014 since parts are not currently available. When parts are available, BMW sent a second letter in August and dealers will repair the occupant detection mat to eliminate the possibility that it may crack, free of charge. Additionally, owners of model year 2006-2007 3 Series with standard seats, 5 Series with comfort seats, and Z4 models, will receive an extended warranty on their front passenger seat occupant detection mat. Owners may contact BMW customer relations at 1-800-525-7417 or email BMW at [email protected].
Reported November 12, 2013
Vehicles covered by 13V564000 (1)
BMW (1)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 13V564000, 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: November 12, 2013. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted