{"id":241750,"date":"2024-07-10T16:30:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T16:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/10\/bmw-recalls-almost-400000-vehicles-because-their-airbags-can-explode-releasing-deadly-shrapnel\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:14:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:14:59","slug":"bmw-recalls-almost-400000-vehicles-because-their-airbags-can-explode-releasing-deadly-shrapnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/10\/bmw-recalls-almost-400000-vehicles-because-their-airbags-can-explode-releasing-deadly-shrapnel\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW recalls almost 400,000 vehicles because their airbags can explode, releasing deadly shrapnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/img-assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GettyImages-2158955796-e1720627883700.jpg?w=2048\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"article-content\">\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 BMW of North America is recalling more than 390,000 vehicles in the U.S. because they are equipped with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/takata-air-bag-recall-explosion-shrapnel-bmw-84fe40e19fd1f4a95cc09f9c24935fd2\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/takata-air-bag-recall-explosion-shrapnel-bmw-84fe40e19fd1f4a95cc09f9c24935fd2\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"sc-80b85506-0 pUpMT\">airbag inflators<\/a>\u00a0that can explode, leading to a potentially serious injury or death.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n<p>The original steering wheel may have been replaced with a sport or M-sport steering wheel equipped with a Takata inflator, the agency said.<\/p>\n<p>If the inflator explodes, it may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants of a vehicle, resulting in serious injury or death, the NHTSA said.<\/p>\n<p>BMW has not received any reports of any accidents or injuries in the U.S. that may be related to this issue, according to the latest report.<\/p>\n<p>The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Wednesday that the recall of 394,029 vehicles includes certain 2006-2011 3 Series Sedan (324i, 325i, 325xi, 328i, 328xi, 330i, 330xi, 335i, 335xi), 2006-2012 3 Series Sportswagon (325xi, 328i, 328xi), and 2009-2011 3 Series Sedan (335d) vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>BMW dealers will inspect and replace the driver\u2019s air bag module as necessary for free.<\/p>\n<p>Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed on Aug. 23. Vehicle owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417 or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2024\/07\/10\/bmw-recall-vehicles-airbags-explode\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 BMW of North America is recalling more than 390,000 vehicles in the U.S. because they are equipped with\u00a0airbag inflators\u00a0that can explode,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":241751,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[149],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}