Some BMW X5, X6, X7, And XM Models Have Unsafe Knee Airbags

Somewhat below 2,000 BMW X5, X6, X7, and new XM SUV fashions are being recalled in the US because of a knee airbag difficulty that might enhance the danger of harm within the occasion of a crash.

A recall discover from the Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration (NHTSA) states that BMW was alerted to a possible difficulty on June 23 by a provider after a take a look at anomaly resulted within the knee airbag not deploying accurately. BMW commenced an engineering evaluation and through its investigation, discovered a knee airbag that had its material clamped as a result of it might have been put in incorrectly.

The automotive producer has concluded that defective elements could have been produced at a single provider station by a particular machine operator over a brief time frame on the provider’s Mexican facility.

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A complete of 1,981 autos are concerned. These embrace the BMW X5 sDrive40i, X5 xDrive40i, X5 M60i, and X5 M fashions constructed between Could 23, 2023 and June 27, 2023. The recall additionally impacts BMW X5 xDrive50e hybrids created from Could 23, 2023 to June 27, 2023, BMW X6 xDrive40i, X6 M60i, and X6 M fashions produced between the identical dates, and BMW X7 xDrive40i, X7 M60i, and Alpina XB7 fashions additionally constructed from Could 23, 2023 and June 27, 2023. A complete of 9 BMW XM fashions produced from Could 23, 2023 to Could 24, 2023 are additionally concerned within the recall.

BMW began to tell dealerships of the recall on July 10 and can notify house owners by way of first-class mail from September 1. Homeowners can be instructed to take their automobile to a dealership the place the knee airbag (driver and/or passenger) can be changed freed from cost.