EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Motor vehicles
Passenger car Bmw “3 Series” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0760/13
Summary
null A degradation of the inflator propellant for the front passenger air bag could occur over time. This could lead in very rare cases to an overly aggressive combustion of the propellant during an airbag deployment possibly resulting in separation of the airbag housing and injury of the vehicle occupant.
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Product
Passenger car — Bmw
- Brand
- Bmw
- Name / model
- 3 Series · 3 series E46
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Passenger car.Production period: May 1999 – August 2006
- Production dates: N/A
What is the risk?
- null A degradation of the inflator propellant for the front passenger air bag could occur over time. This could lead in very rare cases to an overly aggressive combustion of the propellant during an airbag deployment possibly resulting in separation of the airbag housing and injury of the vehicle occupant.
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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