BMW AIRBAG RECALL

[Roving Chester]

I run a 2015 528i MSport. I recently had a recall notice from BMW about a faulty driver's airbag, so booked the car into my local AD. Just had a call from them to say that there are 'supply chain issues', and that they don't know when the recall work can be carried out. Is the problem dangerous, I asked, and the best they could do was to direct me to the Helpline, which inevitably I can't get through to. Anyone have any ideas - or an update? Thanks in advance.

[Riek]

if it's the same as the one on the E46 (Takata airbags) then it's only potentially dangerous if the airbag deploys.

[hilly10]

Riek said:

if it's the same as the one on the E46 (Takata airbags) then it's only potentially dangerous if the airbag deploys.

So if you rear end somebody then its dangerous which could happen at any time.

[Riek]

hilly10 said:

So if you rear end somebody then its dangerous which could happen at any time.

Yes, but it isnt going to just explode and kill you when you're driving along normally.

You can make your own risk assessment based on that information and your own risk appetite.

[P. ONeill]

hilly10 said:

So if you rear end somebody then its dangerous which could happen at any time.

Fortunately it rarely happens.

[Roving Chester]

Yes, I gathered that there's only a problem when the airbag deploys, but still. I'm going to try and get through to the Helpline again.

[Roving Chester]

Finally got through to Helpline, not much help to be honest. Seems that BMW Germany are non-committal about when the supply issue may be solved, although it could be "any day" and there's no doubt that everyone concerned is "working flat out" to solve the problem. As to the likely effects of the airbag deploying in a faulty manner, the best I could get in answer was that recalls are often triggered after only a very small number of cases have been reported. Looking on the positive side, I don't remember reading about any such event, not in the UK anyway. So, that's where we are. Rather unsatisfactory.