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Monday, December 31, 2018

[11] 2004 Bmw In This Week Picture

BMW is recalling about 1.6 million 3 Series cars from the 2000-6 model years, including about 574,000 in the United States, over a concern that the front-seat passenger could be injured by metal shards from a deploying air bag in a crash, the company said Wednesday.

The component — the air bag inflator — was made by the troubled Takata Corporation, which has been responsible for more than 10 million vehicles being recalled worldwide over the last few years by major automakers, including Toyota, Honda and Subaru.

BMW said that the explosive propellant inside the inflator case was not prepared properly and could produce too much power when air bags deploy. The excess force can rupture the inflator’s metal case, sending fragments into the passenger compartment. On the passenger side, the fragments are likely to first go up toward the windshield or down toward the front-seat passenger’s feet.

All the BMWs are being recalled for a problem with the passenger-side air bag, although the automaker said it was not aware of any inflators rupturing on its vehicles.