BMW urges 12,633 owners to stop driving immediately, following fatality

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BMW has taken the unprecedented step of asking owners of its 3 Series models made from 1997 to 2000 to stop driving immediately because their cars may have faulty airbags linked to a fatality and a serious injury in two separate crashes in Australia

BMW has taken the unprecedented step of asking owners of 12,663 of its 3 Series models made from 1997 to 2000 to stop driving immediately because their cars may have faulty airbags linked to a fatality and a serious injury in two separate crashes in Australia.

"Vehicles will be either towed to the place of inspection or a mobile technician will come to inspect the vehicle at the [owner’s] home or the vehicle’s location," the notice says. Globally, 24 people have died and more than 260 have been seriously injured as a result of faulty Alpha and Beta type Takata airbags.

The BMW vehicles suspected of being in the death and serious injury in Australia were fitted with Takata NADI type 5AT airbags and are not part of the current Takata airbag compulsory recall. "BMW will arrange to tow your vehicle to repair facilities for inspection, or send a mobile technician out to your premises or to inspect the vehicle."

 

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