Passenger car
Bmw · X3, M6 Coupé, M6 Cabrio
Motor vehiclesInjuries
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Notifying country
- Germany
- Counterfeit
- No
Requirements breached
The housing of the driver’s front airbag inflator may have been incorrectly welded. In the event of a crash with airbag activation, the inflator may consequently rupture. Metal fragments created as a result could pass through the airbag, causing fatal injuries to the vehicle occupants.
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: ManufacturerIn force from: 8 August 2017
Product
- Description
- Passenger car
- Brand
- Model / type
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- A12/1202/17 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2017-036
- Published
- 31 August 2017
- Corrigendum
- Notification A12/1101/17 published on report n° 33-2017 of 18/08/2017 has been modified following instructions received from the notifying authority concerning the risk description.
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