Please take action - Potentially deadly TAKATA driver's airbag in Australian E90/E92

perth1 · 08-07-2017, 11:35 AM

Hi, with the recent news about potentially deadly airbags made by TAKATA, found in many different car models, I found that the E90 / E92 models are listed on the American recall, but not listed on the Australian recall.

Today I inspected the back of my driver's airbag on my Australian E92 M3 year 2012, and guess what: It also has an airbag made by TAKATA.
I took a photo of the yellow label with manufacturer's name on it. Will try to upload image shortly.
Suggest E90 / E92 owners should contact BMW and demand recall replacement with a different brand of Airbag. (For example TRW, not TAKATA).

Cheers,

Coupes33 · 08-07-2017, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by perth1

Hi, with the recent news about potentially deadly airbags made by TAKATA, found in many different car models, I found that the E90 / E92 models are listed on the American recall, but not listed on the Australian recall.

Today I inspected the back of my driver's airbag on my Australian E92 M3 year 2012, and guess what: It also has an airbag made by TAKATA.
I took a photo of the yellow label with manufacturer's name on it. Will try to upload image shortly.
Suggest E90 / E92 owners should contact BMW and demand recall replacement with a different brand of Airbag. (For example TRW, not TAKATA).

Cheers,

Product Safety Australia only list the following BMWs for recall.

CARS

BMW 3 Series E46 1999-2006 2013/13576
BMW 5 Series E39, 3 Series E46, X5 E53 2002-2005 2016/15581
BMW 5 series E39, 3 Series E46, X5 E53 2017/15881
BMW X5 E70, X6 E71 2007-2012 2017/16230

perth1 · 08-07-2017, 05:32 PM

Photo of my E92 driver's airbag: [IMG]

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Hoper · 08-07-2017, 06:46 PM

My understanding was that its not all TAKATA airbags that have the "shrapnel" issue, and that most car manufacturers replaced the faulty airbags with TAKATA airbags that didn't have the issue, with a couple of manufacturers having to do it twice due to replacing faulty airbags with faulty airbags...

If our cars aren't on the australian safety list it's likely our airbags haven't been identified as faulty, interesting that the US models are on the list though....

Is there a year spread on the US list? or is it all e9x?

08-07-2017, 11:35 AM	#1
perth1 Private 32 Rep 79 Posts Drives: E90 Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Perth, Western Australia iTrader: (0)	Please take action - Potentially deadly TAKATA driver's airbag in Australian E90/E92 Hi, with the recent news about potentially deadly airbags made by TAKATA, found in many different car models, I found that the E90 / E92 models are listed on the American recall, but not listed on the Australian recall. Today I inspected the back of my driver's airbag on my Australian E92 M3 year 2012, and guess what: It also has an airbag made by TAKATA. I took a photo of the yellow label with manufacturer's name on it. Will try to upload image shortly. Suggest E90 / E92 owners should contact BMW and demand recall replacement with a different brand of Airbag. (For example TRW, not TAKATA). Cheers,
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perth1 Private 32 Rep 79 Posts Drives: E90 Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Perth, Western Australia iTrader: (0)	Photo of my E92 driver's airbag: [IMG][/IMG]
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08-07-2017, 06:46 PM	#4
Hoper Captain 184 Rep 687 Posts Drives: 2008 E92 335i 6MT Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Canberra Australia iTrader: (0)	My understanding was that its not all TAKATA airbags that have the "shrapnel" issue, and that most car manufacturers replaced the faulty airbags with TAKATA airbags that didn't have the issue, with a couple of manufacturers having to do it twice due to replacing faulty airbags with faulty airbags... If our cars aren't on the australian safety list it's likely our airbags haven't been identified as faulty, interesting that the US models are on the list though.... Is there a year spread on the US list? or is it all e9x?
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