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Andrew T, I gave my local dealer a shout, and they said it's not coming on their system, as it's only for E46 right now. Very tight lipped, as I've been asking them about this for 2years now. I'm glad at least this is now on the news. Though, curiously, BMW is missing from the list from several publishers. https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/investigation-300-000-faulty-airbags-recalled-in-nz http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/84925720/300-000-faulty-airbags-to-be-recalled-in-NZ Though, NZHerald do have BMW and as the first item as well. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11721841

The airbag recall is far from over, and I can't see any news about it in NZ, what's going on? The Takata airbag manufacturer have screwed it up pretty royally and if we look at the criteria of the US recall it is as following.. April 10, 2015 2000-2005 sedans built from June 1999 to August 2005 2000-2006 coupes built from June 1999 to August 2006 2000-2006 convertibles built from December 1999 to August 2006 2000-2005 wagons built from January 2000 to August 2005 2001-2006 M3 coupes built from February 2001 to May 2006 2001-2006 M3 convertibles built from March 2001 to August 2006 May 28, 2015 2002-2003 5 Series sedan (including the M5) and wagon 2003-2004 X5 SUV, but only models with the optional sport steering wheel are affected Jan 22, 2016 2008-2013 1 Series coupe and convertible 2006-2011 3 Series sedan 2006-2012 3 Series wagon 2007-2013 3 Series coupe and convertible SUVs 2013-2015 X1 2007-2010 X3 2007-2013 X5 2008-2014 X6 June 2, 2016, 2007-2011 BMW X5 xDrive30i, X5 xDrive35i, X5 xDrive48i, xDrive50i and X5M 2009-2011 BMW X5 xDrive35d 2008-2011 BMW X6 xDrive35i, X6 xDrive50i and X6M 2010-2011 BMW X6 ActiveHybrid And if we look at NZ's BMW recall list regarding Takata airbags.. E46 3 Series 1999-2005 Does anyone know whether we can check which airbags we have and perhaps disabling it? or replacing it with parts obtained else where.. any indie garages willing to do this? As it stands, having this airbag is WORSE than having no airbags in a crash. If you have time I'd beg you to read over the bloomberg article fully and I am not sure what else I can do except to raise some awareness on this safety issue.

cheer for the info! Looks like I'll be needing some more items the more I poke around!

Actually I'm after a pretty silly part.. http://bmwfans.info/parts-catalog/61138353797/ Please advise a good Auckland parts shop, that stocks oem. Or if I don't mind waiting, do you guys know any online retailers that would ship to NZ? http://www.milland.co.nz/ seems decent, however they're not auckland based, any shops close by Auckland so I can pick up parts half way through my mini projects here and there? Thanks for any recommendation...