{"id":14602,"date":"2017-03-16T09:02:39","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T09:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.china-certification.com\/en\/?page_id=802"},"modified":"2023-02-09T11:44:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T10:44:37","slug":"faulty-airbags-recall-of-bmw-3-series-and-x5-series-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.china-certification.com\/en\/faulty-airbags-recall-of-bmw-3-series-and-x5-series-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Faulty Airbags: Recall of BMW 3 Series and X5 Series in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the <strong>AQSIQ<\/strong> (General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine), <strong>BMW <\/strong>(China) Automotive Trading Co., Ltd. has been recalling several BMW 3 and X5 series vehicles <strong>since March 6, 2017<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Affected are <strong>171 vehicles of the 3 series<\/strong>, which were produced an imported between <strong>June 10, 2000 and November 26, 2001<\/strong>. With regards to the <strong>X5 models, a total of 183 vehicles<\/strong> are affected, produced and imported between <strong>October 18, 2000 and January 27, 2003<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of the affected vehicles, incorrect airbags were installed in the course of after-sales replacements. According to the authority when the airbag is triggered <strong>parts of the metal filter might come lose during to the ignition<\/strong> of the propellant which can lead to injuries of the occupants and\/or may adversely affect the function of the airbag.<\/p>\n<p>According to the car manufacturer, <strong>airbags used in the seats are not affected by the recall<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/china-certification.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/10\/20170316091611673.jpg\" alt=\"Airbag work\" width=\"424\" height=\"283\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2774\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the <strong>metal filter<\/strong> in an airbag is to block any solid particles that are released during the ignition of the propellant and to prevent them from damaging the airbag itself and\/or causing injuries for the passengers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Owner of the affected vehicles<\/strong> are asked to get the airbags replaced at their dealer as soon as possible. Remaining Airbags will be replaced during the regular maintenance checks. All repair and exchange costs will be covered by BMW China.<\/p>\n<p>As of right now airbags are <strong>not<\/strong> subject to mandatory <a href=\"https:\/\/china-certification.com\/en\/what-is-ccc\"><strong>CCC certification<\/strong><\/a>. Airbags are tested in the course of the <strong>complete car homologation<\/strong>. Since it is not mandatory, it is not possible to get <a href=\"https:\/\/china-certification.com\/en\/what-is-ccc\"><strong>CCC certification<\/strong><\/a> for airbags.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about <a href=\"https:\/\/china-certification.com\/en\/what-is-ccc\"><strong>CCC in general<\/strong><\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/china-certification.com\/en\/certification-process\"><strong>process<\/strong><\/a> and the associated <a href=\"https:\/\/china-certification.com\/en\/costs-of-ccc-certification\"><strong>costs<\/strong><\/a>, please visit our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/china-certification.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank&quot;\" rel=\"section noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">website<\/span><\/a><\/strong> and our <a href=\"https:\/\/china-certification.com\/en\/news\"><strong>News Section<\/strong><\/a> where you will find current updates twice a week.<\/p>\n<p>Please do not hesitate to contact us for further details and consultation. You can contact us via <a href=\"mailto:info@china-certification.com\"><strong>e-mail<\/strong><\/a>, or call us <strong>(UK: +44 2071931135, Rest of Europe: +49 69 2713769150, US: +1 773 654-2673)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also check out our <strong>free CCC-Brochure<\/strong>, which can be downloaded right <a href=\"https:\/\/china-certification.com\/en\/ccc-booklet\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a> as a PDF file or you consult our English textbook <strong>\u201cA Brief Guide to CCC: China Compulsory Certification\u201d<\/strong>, which can be found directly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.de\/Brief-Guide-CCC-Compulsory-Certification\/dp\/1484115538\/\" target=\"_blank&quot;\" rel=\"section noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"> <strong>here<\/strong><\/span><\/a> on Amazon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the AQSIQ (General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine), BMW (China) Automotive Trading Co., Ltd. has been recalling several BMW 3 and X5 series vehicles since March 6, 2017. Affected are 171 vehicles of the 3 series, which were produced an imported between June 10, 2000 and November 26, 2001. With regards [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2774,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-further-topics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Faulty Airbags: Recall of BMW 3 Series and X5 Series in China - MPR China Certification GmbH<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.china-certification.com\/en\/faulty-airbags-recall-of-bmw-3-series-and-x5-series-in-china\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Faulty Airbags: Recall of BMW 3 Series and X5 Series in China - MPR China Certification GmbH\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"According to the AQSIQ (General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine), BMW (China) Automotive Trading Co., Ltd. has been recalling several BMW 3 and X5 series vehicles since March 6, 2017. 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