EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Alpina “B3” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/1228/14
Summary
null The frontal passenger-side inflators could create excessive internal pressure during air bag deployment after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity environments. In a worst case scenario, the inflator may rupture, possibly causing injury. Even if the inflator does not rupture, due to the specific design of the frontal passenger-side airbag module with its integrated inflator, excessive internal pressure…
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Product
Passenger car — Alpina
- Brand
- Alpina
- Name / model
- B3 · Type: E46Model: B3 3.3EC type-approval number: B3S
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car
- Production dates: The vehicles in question were manufactured from May 1999 to August 2006.
What is the risk?
- null The frontal passenger-side inflators could create excessive internal pressure during air bag deployment after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity environments. In a worst case scenario, the inflator may rupture, possibly causing injury. Even if the inflator does not rupture, due to the specific design of the frontal passenger-side airbag module with its integrated inflator, excessive internal pressure of the inflator could potentially result in an increased risk of airbag-induced injuries in a deployment event.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): OtherCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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