Bmw X5, X6. Published by Transport Canada as 2017016 on 10 January 2017. System: Airbag.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, long-term exposure to high absolute humidity and temperature, combined with high temperature cycling, could eventually degrade the propellant contained in the passenger frontal airbag. This could cause the airbag to deploy with more force than normal. As a result, if the vehicle were involved in a …
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BMW X5 in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2017016
- Recall date
- 10 January 2017
- Make
- BMW
- Models
- X5, X6
- Model years
- 2007 to 2008
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Airbag
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 7,671
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, long-term exposure to high absolute humidity and temperature, combined with high temperature cycling, could eventually degrade the propellant contained in the passenger frontal airbag. This could cause the airbag to deploy with more force than normal. As a result, if the vehicle were involved in a collision that warrants airbag deployment, fragments could be propelled toward vehicle occupants, and the airbag assembly could be damaged, preventing proper function. These issues could increase the risk of injury. Correction: Dealers will replace the passenger frontal airbag module or inflator. Note: Canadian climate results in the propellant degrading slowly. The recall is being conducted as a precaution to address future risk, and is expected to replace airbag inflators before their function would be affected.
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 2017016.
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.
- 2017001 · 3 January 2017 · S1000xr, S1000r · Suspension
- 2017034 · 20 January 2017 · 5 Series, 3 Series, X5 · Airbag
- 2017045 · 27 January 2017 · X1 · Airbag
- 2017049 · 3 February 2017 · 5 Series, Z4, 1 Series · Powertrain
- 2017067 · 10 February 2017 · X1 · Electrical
- 2017068 · 10 February 2017 · i3 · Fuel System
- 2017082 · 15 February 2017 · R Nine T, K1600gt · Engine
- 2017113 · 3 March 2017 · X6, X5 · Powertrain
The same system: Airbag
734 notices in this register name Airbag. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2017009 · 10 January 2017 · Cr-V, RL, Element · Airbag
- 2017010 · 10 January 2017 · Gl1800 · Airbag
- 2017011 · 10 January 2017 · Rx-8, MPV · Airbag
- 2017012 · 10 January 2017 · Cx-9, Cx-7 · Airbag
- 2017013 · 10 January 2017 · B Series · Airbag
- 2017015 · 10 January 2017 · Range Rover · Airbag
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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 638 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2017.
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