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E46 recall

Post by bubbabear » Wed Jul 01, 2015 7:47 pm

Heard this today when i called bmw uk customer services...regret dont have more details but those owners with this model should contact their local dealer.
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Re: E46 recall

Post by X5Sport » Wed Jul 01, 2015 8:59 pm

There is a recall for the replacement of the passenger airbag module (it's free too).  Ours was done in May.  It affects all versions covering about 4 million cars!

Something to do with the gas generator being likely to fail to detonate correctly because of damp powder.
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Re: E46 recall

Post by shadrack » Wed Jul 01, 2015 10:05 pm

thats good of them with the newest e46 been 9 now
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Re: E46 recall

Post by X5Sport » Fri Jul 03, 2015 4:43 pm

[quote="shadrack"]
thats good of them with the newest e46 been 9 now
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I was impressed too  :D
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Re: E46 recall

Post by MrMaloo » Tue Jul 14, 2015 12:02 am

I've got an e46 m3...can't beleive they're doing a recall after all this time. Will ring $tealers and find out what it's all about
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Re: E46 recall

Post by X5Sport » Wed Jul 15, 2015 8:11 pm

As said above, faulty explosive in the front passenger airbag inflator.  Takes them about an hour to do.
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