NHTSA Campaign 15V628000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
NHTSA campaign 15V628000 covers 4 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module. The repair is free.
BMW of North America, LLC filed the report for 15V628000 with NHTSA on October 7, 2015; the manufacturer initiated the recall.
For 15V628000, NHTSA lists up to 6,073 potentially affected vehicles, built between March 10, 2014 and August 24, 2015.
The 15V628000 report reached NHTSA 1 month after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 15V628000 were scheduled from November 25, 2015, 49 days after the report.
15V628000 covers 3 models from BMW and MINI, model years 2014–2015.
Owners of the model years 15V628000 covers have filed at least 17 complaints naming the air bags, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 15V628000 vehicles, the 2014 BMW i3 has the most (8).
By potentially affected vehicles, 15V628000 ranks 97 of 282 BMW of North America, LLC recalls on this site.
Besides 15V628000, BMW of North America, LLC has 51 other recalls on the air bags on this site; the one before 15V628000 was 15V318000, reported on May 28, 2015.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain model year 2014-2016 MINI Cooper S and MINI Cooper two-door vehicles, 2015-2016 MINI John Cooper Works and MINI Cooper S and MINI Cooper four-door vehicles and 2014-2015 BMW i3 vehicles. Due to a manufacturing error, the passenger frontal air bag may not deploy properly in a low speed crash. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
- The risk
- In the event of a vehicle crash, an air bag that does not deploy properly increases the risk of injury to the front seat passenger.
- The fix
- MINI and BMW will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag module, free of charge. The recall began on November 25, 2015. Owners may contact MINI customer service at 1-866-825-1525 and BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417.
Reported October 7, 2015
Vehicles covered by 15V628000 (4)
BMW (2)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 15V628000, 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: October 7, 2015. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted