Level: Serious risk
Type: Consumer products
Ref.: A12/1330/16
Notifying country: Germany
Country of origin: United States
Counterfeit:
Risk type: Injuries
Product: Passenger car
Product name: X3, X4, X5, X6
Product description: Passenger car
Brand: BMW
Category: Motor vehicles
Type/number of model: Type-approval numbers: e1*2007/46*0512*, e1*2007/46*0454*, e1*2007/46*0421*, e1*2007/46*0412*;
Types: X3, X5, X6, X-N1.
Batch number/Barcode: The vehicles in question were produced between 7 May 2014 and 18 November 2014.
OECD Portal Category: 77000000 - Automotive
Risk: The housing of the driver's airbag inflator may have been incorrectly welded. In the event of an accident involving airbag deployment, the inflator may rupture. This might lead to metal fragments passing through the airbag and causing injury to the vehicle occupants.
Measures adopted by notifying country: Measures taken by economic operators: Recall of the product from end users (By: Manufacturer)
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