DVSA recall R/2025/349: Bmw 3 Series, X5, X6 and 31 more (Takata Driver and/or Passenger Airbag Recall (Global VINs))

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A recall published by DVSA, the British vehicle safety authority, with every version of its wording that this site has read. Unchanged since first read.

DVSA reference	R/2025/349
Launched	18 December 2025
Make	Bmw (listed as BMW)
Manufacturer reference	TBC – Multiple Takata Global Recalls
Vehicles listed	71,635

Models

Model	Vehicles	Built from	Built to
3 Series	26,164	30 October 1997	22 August 2006
X5	2,015	31 August 2006	24 June 2013
X6	1,143	7 August 2007	24 June 2014
5 Series Saloon	1,883	1 September 2000	16 September 2003
X5	1,814	13 April 2000	30 September 2003
X1	1,233	7 July 2009	29 May 2015
1 Series	369	26 September 2007	14 September 2013
1 Series Coupe	498	1 February 2007	24 September 2013
3 Series Coupe	2,727	20 April 2006	27 June 2013
3 Series Saloon	5,932	9 December 2004	28 October 2011
3 Series Convertible	1,465	13 December 2006	17 September 2013
1 Series 5 Door Hatch	1,675	15 April 2004	29 June 2011
X3	1,276	29 July 2003	1 July 2010
3 Series Touring	1,424	23 February 2005	29 May 2012
1 Series 3 Door Hatch	311	11 January 2007	1 December 2011
1 Series 5 Door Hatch	2,553	29 June 2011	4 November 2017
4 Series Gran Coupe	847	29 March 2014	25 October 2017
5 Series Saloon	6,211	22 September 2009	27 October 2016
3 Series Saloon	4,663	21 October 2011	8 November 2017
X5	1,331	3 April 2013	6 September 2017
3 Series Touring	782	23 March 2012	23 October 2017
X6	189	19 March 2014	22 August 2017
M4 Coupe	178	9 April 2014	21 June 2017
X1	7	20 February 2016	27 October 2017
4 Series Coupe	695	27 June 2013	23 October 2017
2 Series Coupe	221	6 November 2013	27 October 2017
2 Series Active Tourer	116	20 May 2014	4 November 2017
M2	48	21 May 2015	2 June 2017
6 Series Gran Coupe	319	7 March 2012	17 June 2017
3 Series GT	187	27 March 2013	3 August 2017
X4	87	22 May 2014	21 October 2017
M3	97	29 October 2013	29 June 2017
2 Series Gran Tourer	129	19 September 2014	7 November 2017
5 Series Touring	1,026	21 May 2010	16 February 2017
4 Series Convertible	213	16 July 2013	27 October 2017
X5M	14	7 August 2015	28 August 2017
6 Series Convertible	94	15 December 2010	9 November 2016
6 Series Coupe	119	21 July 2011	24 April 2017
2 Series Convertible	62	16 July 2014	4 November 2017
X3	863	24 May 2010	18 August 2017
M4 Convertible	55	4 February 2014	20 April 2017
5 Series GT	351	28 July 2009	21 October 2016
X6M	18	10 July 2014	20 May 2017
1 Series 3 Door Hatch	231	19 September 2012	2 November 2017

Concern

Takata Driver and/or Passenger Airbag Recall (Global VINs)

Defect, as DVSA words it

Affected vehicles are already included in Safety Recalls within the markets they have previously resided in. The vehicles may be fitted with a driver and/or passenger airbag/s which if deployed may do so with excessive force causing sharp metal fragments to be released this may cause serious injury which could prove fatal to people in the vicinity.

Remedy, as DVSA words it

Vehicles will have the affected airbags checked and if necessary replaced.

What changed since we first read it

Nothing yet. The wording has been the same on every read since 4 September 2026. The file is read again every day; if DVSA rewrites the defect, remedy or concern, the old and new text will appear here with both dates.

The same recall in other registers

No match found in the American, Canadian or European registers by manufacturer reference. A recall can exist abroad under a different reference; this site only claims a match when the reference agrees.

Check this recall on the DVSA service

Read from DVSA's bulk recalls file (RecallsFile.csv, 7 MB) on 4 September 2026; this recall first read on 4 September 2026, read once. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA, Check vehicle recalls. CarsMultiverse is an independent site, not an authority: the official notice is the one on the DVSA service.