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BMW recall 19V851: 1999 323i and 328i

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Bmw 323i, Bmw 328i, model year 1999. Filed by BMW of North America, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 26 November 2019. 7,910 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 1999 323i and 328i vehicles equipped with Non-Azide Driver air bag Inflators (NADI) manufactured by Takata at one specific inflator production facility. These inflators do not contain phase stabilized ammonium nitrate (PSAN) propellant. Due to a manufacturing issue, …

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Which vehicles does recall 19V851 cover?
BMW 323I, BMW 328I, model year 1999.
What is wrong with them?
BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 1999 323i and 328i vehicles equipped with Non-Azide Driver air bag Inflators (NADI) manufactured by Takata at one specific inflator production facility. These inflators do not contain phase stabilized ammonium nitrate (PSAN) propellant.
What can happen if it is not put right?
In the event of a crash necessitating air bag deployment, an inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants. An underinflated air bag may not properly protect the occupant. These scenarios increase the risk of serious injury or death.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. Dealers will inspect the driver air bag inflators and replace them, as necessary, free of charge. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417. Note: BMW recommends that owners do not continue to drive their vehicles.
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: “In the event of a crash necessitating air bag deployment, an inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants. An underinflated air bag may not properly protect the occupant. These scenarios increase the…”

7,910vehicles potentially
affected
2models named
in the notice
0rewrites we have
caught
reported 26 November 2019owners told 1 June 2020today
The defect reached the regulator on 26 November 2019. Owners were written to 188 days later, on 1 June 2020. 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.
Campaign19V851
Filed byBMW of North America, LLC
System at faultAir Bags:Frontal:Driver Side:Inflator Module
Reported to NHTSA26 November 2019
Model years1999-1999
Vehicles namedBMW 323I, BMW 328I

This is not an ordinary campaign.

  • Owners are told not to drive the vehicle at all. NHTSA applies this to a small minority of campaigns. 28 of the 1,399 we currently hold.

What the notice says today

The consequence

In the event of a crash necessitating air bag deployment, an inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants. An underinflated air bag may not properly protect the occupant. These scenarios increase the risk of serious injury or death.

The remedy

Dealers will inspect the driver air bag inflators and replace them, as necessary, free of charge. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417. Note: BMW recommends that owners do not continue to drive their vehicles.

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.

Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.

The models named here, across their whole recall history

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CarsMultiverse, recall 19V851, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/19v851/

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