Bmw 4 Series. Published by Transport Canada as 2017401 on 17 August 2017. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says On certain vehicles, a mechanism within the Emergency Locking Retractor (ELR) of one or both of the front seat belts may be incompatible. In the event of a crash warranting activation of the ELR, the vehicle-sensitive mechanism may cause the seat belt not to lock, which could increase the risk of injury to the seat …
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BMW 4 SERIES in the other registers
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The American register
The British register
- DVSA recall R/2017/011: BMW M4, 4 Series, Mini and 5 more (Airbags may not deploy)
- DVSA recall R/2018/211: BMW 4 Series, 5 Series, 6 Series and 8 more (Software fault with crankshaft sensor)
- DVSA recall R/2021/085: BMW 5 Series, 4 Series, 3 Series and 3 more (Affected vehicles may be fitted with brake discs which are not to s...)
The European register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2017401
- Recall date
- 17 August 2017
- Make
- BMW
- Models
- 4 Series
- Model years
- 2018
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 3
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain vehicles, a mechanism within the Emergency Locking Retractor (ELR) of one or both of the front seat belts may be incompatible. In the event of a crash warranting activation of the ELR, the vehicle-sensitive mechanism may cause the seat belt not to lock, which could increase the risk of injury to the seat occupant. Correction: Dealers will replace both of the front seat belt assemblies.
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 2017401.
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.
- 2017399 · 16 August 2017 · R Nine T · Structure
- 2017388 · 9 August 2017 · X3, 6 Series · Airbag
- 2017390 · 9 August 2017 · R1200rt · Lights And Instruments
- 2017376 · 1 August 2017 · R1200gs, R1200r, R1200rs · Other
- 2017428 · 1 September 2017 · R1200gs, R1200rt, R1200st · Lights And Instruments
- 2017372 · 25 July 2017 · C650gt · Wheels
- 2017343 · 10 July 2017 · R1200gs Adventure, R1200gs · Suspension
- 2017462 · 25 September 2017 · F800r, F800gt · Lights And Instruments
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.
- 2017400 · 16 August 2017 · Vision School Bus · Seats And Restraints
- 2017413 · 30 August 2017 · F-150, F-350 Super Duty, F-250 Super Duty · Seats And Restraints
- 2017414 · 30 August 2017 · Focus · Seats And Restraints
- 2017420 · 31 August 2017 · MD30, XD40, Xde40 · Seats And Restraints
- 2017423 · 31 August 2017 · Pacifica · Seats And Restraints
- 2017445 · 15 September 2017 · Silverado HD, Sierra HD · 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 638 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2017.
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