Bmw 7 Series. Published by Transport Canada as 1988124 on 25 August 1988. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says On certain 725I, 735IA and 750IL vehicles, on the front seats, the seatbacks may not have been fully seated on the recliner arms. This could result in looseness of, or noise in the seat. In extreme cases, during a severe rear impact, the seatback may not support the occupant and increase the risk of injury. …
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BMW 7 SERIES in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. BMW 7 SERIES is named on 33 British notices and 6 European. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
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The European register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1988124
- Recall date
- 25 August 1988
- Make
- BMW
- Models
- 7 Series
- Model years
- 1988
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 361
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain 725I, 735IA and 750IL vehicles, on the front seats, the seatbacks may not have been fully seated on the recliner arms. This could result in looseness of, or noise in the seat. In extreme cases, during a severe rear impact, the seatback may not support the occupant and increase the risk of injury. Correction: Seatbacks will be inspected and properly seated if required.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1988124.
BMW elsewhere in this register
BMW is named on 449 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1988049 · 6 April 1988 · 3 Series · Engine
- 1988001 · 5 January 1988 · R80g/S, K75, K100 · Suspension
- 1989026 · 2 March 1989 · R100rs, R65ls, R100gs · Brakes
- 1989046 · 6 April 1989 · 7 Series · Engine
- 1989062 · 2 May 1989 · 7 Series · Emissions
- 1989063 · 2 May 1989 · 7 Series · Emissions
- 1990037 · 27 February 1990 · 5 Series, 7 Series · Seats And Restraints
- 1986134 · 27 November 1986 · 6 Series, 5 Series, 7 Series · Electrical
The same system: Seats And Restraints
900 notices in this register name Seats And Restraints. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1988130 · 19 September 1988 · C.o.e., Midliner, Conventional · Seats And Restraints
- 1988131 · 20 September 1988 · MH · Seats And Restraints
- 1988135 · 28 September 1988 · 600, Caravelle, New Yorker · Seats And Restraints
- 1988108 · 14 July 1988 · Besta · Seats And Restraints
- 1988103 · 13 July 1988 · 1410 Sedan, 1310 Sedan, 1410 Wagon · Seats And Restraints
- 1988141 · 6 October 1988 · Conventional, Hcoe · Seats And Restraints
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a BMW: 449 in the register, and 174 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1988.
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