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.
