BMW 3 car, Takata has revealed that they have made around 4.5 billion affected inflator worldwide
BMW has been affected by further issues with the faulty Takata airbags which have plagued the United States car market. Included are more than 116,000 BMW 3-Series cars from the 1999 to 2001 model years. Bankrupt Takata is now recalling some 1.4 million more front driver inflators in the U.S. because they could explode and hurl shrapnel. More than 100,000 owners have been forced to return their cars to the garage in the United States just weeks after the German firm recalled 12,000 vehicles in Australia for a similar issue.
About 8,000 definitely have faulty inflators and should be parked, BMW said. The rest can still be driven.
In addition, certain Volkswagen, Honda, Toyota and Mitsubishi vehicles made from 1995 to 2000 also are being recalled, but information on which models was not available Wednesday. Unlike previous recalls, the non-azide inflators do not use volatile ammonium nitrate to fill the air bags in a crash.
But the air bag propellant can still deteriorate over time when exposed to moisture and explode too fast, blowing apart the inflator body. They also might not fully inflate to protect people in a crash.
The recall covers certain 3-Series cars in the United States built between 1999 to 2001 and the company is urging motorists to not drive their cars until repairs are carried out.Takata says in government documents that it made about 4.5 million of the inflator worldwide but only a portion are still in use because the vehicles are so old. The faulty insulators have problems with insufficient seals. The German manufacturer is said to be developing a fix for the issue and will write to customers once faulty parts can be replaced by a new design.
In the BMW recalls, the company is recommending that people stop driving certain 1999 323i and 328i sedans made from July of 1998 through January of 1999. The company also is recalling another 34,000 323i and 328i sedans from 1999-2000 and 323Ci and 328Ci coupes from the 2000 model year. Spokesman Oleg Satanovsky said those cars have inflators that were made at a Takata factory and are known to be faulty because they were manufactured before production improvements.
These cars were made from March of 1998 through March of 2000 and have inflators made at two Takata plants that could be defective. Satanovsky says these cars will be inspected and some could get new inflators.
This group includes 323i, 325i, 328i, 330i sedans from the 1999 through 2001 model years. They were produced from May 1999 through July of 2000 and may have had airbag inflators replaced by defective ones. They also will be inspected. Nineteen automakers are recalling about 70 million inflators in what has become the largest string of automotive recalls in U.S. history. The company is recalling about 100 million inflators worldwide. BMW is still developing a remedy for the problem, but the company intends to replace faulty inflators with new ones. The company says owners will be notified when parts are available. The recall is another in a long saga of problems with Takata inflators that sent the company into bankruptcy.
BMW documents to the National Highways Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reveal the affected airbags were made before 1999 and were not sealed properly. The inflator use ammonium nitrate to create the small explosion needed to inflate the bags to protect the driver in an accident.
Motorists have also been injured while behind the wheel of a 2000 3-Series in Australia and a 1998 3-Series in Cyprus. The documents also reveal the checks were carried out after a driver of a 1998 3-Series was killed after shrapnel was fired at him during an incident.
However, it is believed the chemical deteriorates when it is exposed to high temperatures and this can cause the device to burn quickly.
This causes the metal canisters to blow apart in a collision and send dangerous shrapnel into the cockpit.
At least 24 people have been killed and hundreds injured by the inflators worldwide.
Most of the recalled inflators use ammonium nitrate to create a small explosion and inflate the air bags. But the chemical deteriorates when exposed to high temperatures and humidity and can burn to fast, blowing apart the canister designed to contain the explosion.
The remnants of Takata were purchased by Chinese-owned Key Safety Systems for $1.6 billion.
BMW has been affected by further issues with the faulty Takata airbags which have plagued the United States car market. Included are more than 116,000 BMW 3-Series cars from the 1999 to 2001 model years. Bankrupt Takata is now recalling some 1.4 million more front driver inflators in the U.S. because they could explode and hurl shrapnel. More than 100,000 owners have been forced to return their cars to the garage in the United States just weeks after the German firm recalled 12,000 vehicles in Australia for a similar issue.
About 8,000 definitely have faulty inflators and should be parked, BMW said. The rest can still be driven.
In addition, certain Volkswagen, Honda, Toyota and Mitsubishi vehicles made from 1995 to 2000 also are being recalled, but information on which models was not available Wednesday. Unlike previous recalls, the non-azide inflators do not use volatile ammonium nitrate to fill the air bags in a crash.
But the air bag propellant can still deteriorate over time when exposed to moisture and explode too fast, blowing apart the inflator body. They also might not fully inflate to protect people in a crash.
The recall covers certain 3-Series cars in the United States built between 1999 to 2001 and the company is urging motorists to not drive their cars until repairs are carried out.Takata says in government documents that it made about 4.5 million of the inflator worldwide but only a portion are still in use because the vehicles are so old. The faulty insulators have problems with insufficient seals. The German manufacturer is said to be developing a fix for the issue and will write to customers once faulty parts can be replaced by a new design.
In the BMW recalls, the company is recommending that people stop driving certain 1999 323i and 328i sedans made from July of 1998 through January of 1999. The company also is recalling another 34,000 323i and 328i sedans from 1999-2000 and 323Ci and 328Ci coupes from the 2000 model year. Spokesman Oleg Satanovsky said those cars have inflators that were made at a Takata factory and are known to be faulty because they were manufactured before production improvements.
These cars were made from March of 1998 through March of 2000 and have inflators made at two Takata plants that could be defective. Satanovsky says these cars will be inspected and some could get new inflators.
This group includes 323i, 325i, 328i, 330i sedans from the 1999 through 2001 model years. They were produced from May 1999 through July of 2000 and may have had airbag inflators replaced by defective ones. They also will be inspected. Nineteen automakers are recalling about 70 million inflators in what has become the largest string of automotive recalls in U.S. history. The company is recalling about 100 million inflators worldwide. BMW is still developing a remedy for the problem, but the company intends to replace faulty inflators with new ones. The company says owners will be notified when parts are available. The recall is another in a long saga of problems with Takata inflators that sent the company into bankruptcy.
BMW documents to the National Highways Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reveal the affected airbags were made before 1999 and were not sealed properly. The inflator use ammonium nitrate to create the small explosion needed to inflate the bags to protect the driver in an accident.
Motorists have also been injured while behind the wheel of a 2000 3-Series in Australia and a 1998 3-Series in Cyprus. The documents also reveal the checks were carried out after a driver of a 1998 3-Series was killed after shrapnel was fired at him during an incident.
However, it is believed the chemical deteriorates when it is exposed to high temperatures and this can cause the device to burn quickly.
This causes the metal canisters to blow apart in a collision and send dangerous shrapnel into the cockpit.
At least 24 people have been killed and hundreds injured by the inflators worldwide.
Most of the recalled inflators use ammonium nitrate to create a small explosion and inflate the air bags. But the chemical deteriorates when exposed to high temperatures and humidity and can burn to fast, blowing apart the canister designed to contain the explosion.
The remnants of Takata were purchased by Chinese-owned Key Safety Systems for $1.6 billion.
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