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BMW recall 17V605: 2006-2010 BMW X3 2

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Bmw X3, model years 2006 to 2010. Filed by BMW of North America, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 28 September 2017. 85,302 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2006-2010 BMW X3 2.5i, X3 3.0i and X3 xDrive30i Sports Activity Vehicles. The front passenger seat occupant detection mat that determines if, and how, the passenger frontal air bag should deploy in a crash may fatigue and develop cracks which could lead to a system …

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Which vehicles does recall 17V605 cover?
BMW X3, model years 2006-2010.
What is wrong with them?
BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2006-2010 BMW X3 2.5i, X3 3.0i and X3 xDrive30i Sports Activity Vehicles.
What can happen if it is not put right?
Should the system fail, in the event of a crash, the front passenger air bag would be deactivated, increasing the risk of personal injury.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. BMW will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger seat occupant detection mat, free of charge. Interim owner notification letters were mailed on November 27, 2017. A second notification letter will be sent when parts are available.
What should I do now?
Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.

Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.

What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “Should the system fail, in the event of a crash, the front passenger air bag would be deactivated, increasing the risk of personal injury.”

85,302vehicles potentially
affected
1model named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 28 September 2017owners told 18 June 2018today
The defect reached the regulator on 28 September 2017. Owners were written to 263 days later, on 18 June 2018. The median across the 14,869 American recalls that carry both dates is 41 days, and nine in ten owners are written to within 107. This campaign is in the slowest tenth of the register.
Campaign17V605
Filed byBMW of North America, LLC
System at faultAir Bags:Sensor:Occupant Classification
Reported to NHTSA28 September 2017
Model years2006-2010
Vehicles namedBMW X3

What the notice says today

The consequence

Should the system fail, in the event of a crash, the front passenger air bag would be deactivated, increasing the risk of personal injury.

The remedy

BMW will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger seat occupant detection mat, free of charge. Interim owner notification letters were mailed on November 27, 2017. A second notification letter will be sent when parts are available. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417.

What it said before

This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.

This is one of 846 notices in the record whose component field names air bags. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 46 days.

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