bad news for the Bavarian car maker: Due to potentially dangerous Airbags BMW calls worldwide 480.000 cars in the workshops, including around 95,000 in Germany.
Munich – Affected BMW 5-series and X5 model years 2000 to 2004 with non-standard steering wheels, said a company spokesman in Munich on Monday. Airbags of the now-bankrupt Japanese supplier Takata could hurt in the triggering of the vehicle occupant by the metal parts of the hard.
Therefore, the steering wheels would need to be checked. In most vehicles, a short inspection was sufficient for the other, a maximum one-hour visit to the workshop, said the BMW spokesman for the Internet-magazine “kfz-Betrieb”.
Takata Airbags to solve strongly from
sharply triggering Takata Airbags, which blow up parts of the metal cladding and the interior of the vehicle skidding, the car industry to create for years. In the USA alone, the industry had to call back more than 42 million vehicles.
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