Bmw X3. Published by Transport Canada as 2019373 on 31 July 2019. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says Issue:
On one vehicle, the front passenger seatback frame may not have been properly welded. This could cause the seatback to fail if it is loaded heavily (like in a crash).
Safety Risk:
A seatback that fails in a crash could create an increased risk of injury.
Corrective Actions:
The company will notify …
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BMW X3 in the other registers
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2019373
- Recall date
- 31 July 2019
- Make
- BMW
- Models
- X3
- Model years
- 2018
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 1
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On one vehicle, the front passenger seatback frame may not have been properly welded. This could cause the seatback to fail if it is loaded heavily (like in a crash).Safety Risk:
A seatback that fails in a crash could create an increased risk of injury.Corrective Actions:
The company will notify the owner by mail and instruct them to take their vehicle to a dealer to replace the front passenger seat structure.
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 2019373.
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.
- 2019358 · 24 July 2019 · X5 · Wheels
- 2019335 · 4 July 2019 · X7, X5, 7 Series · Fuel System
- 2019384 · 7 August 2019 · 1 Series · Electrical
- 2019405 · 13 August 2019 · G310r, G310gs, C400 · Brakes
- 2019310 · 20 June 2019 · 3 Series · Electrical
- 2019276 · 7 June 2019 · Clubman, 5 Door, X1 · Seats And Restraints
- 2019470 · 25 September 2019 · 3 Series, X3, X4 · Steering
- 2019244 · 24 May 2019 · X7 · Airbag
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.
- 2019359 · 24 July 2019 · Senator Ii · Seats And Restraints
- 2019340 · 11 July 2019 · Ranger · Seats And Restraints
- 2019337 · 5 July 2019 · Mazda3 · Seats And Restraints
- 2019332 · 3 July 2019 · LFS Artic, LFS · Seats And Restraints
- 2019400 · 13 August 2019 · Gla Class · Seats And Restraints
- 2019416 · 20 August 2019 · Telluride · 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 594 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2019.
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