{"id":244068,"date":"2024-07-11T00:02:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T18:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=244068"},"modified":"2024-07-11T00:02:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T18:32:54","slug":"bmw-recalling-more-than-390000-vehicles-due-to-airbag-inflator-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2024\/07\/11\/bmw-recalling-more-than-390000-vehicles-due-to-airbag-inflator-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW recalling more than 390,000 vehicles due to airbag inflator issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">WASHINGTON, 10 Jul (AP) \u2014 BMW of North America is recalling more than 390,000 vehicles in the U.S. because they are equipped with airbag inflators that can explode, leading to a potentially serious injury or death.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The original steering wheel may have been replaced with a sport or M-sport steering wheel equipped with a Takata inflator, the agency said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If the inflator explodes, it may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants of a vehicle, resulting in serious injury or death, the NHTSA said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">BMW has not received any reports of any accidents or injuries in the U.S. that may be related to this issue, according to the latest report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Wednesday that the recall of 394,029 vehicles includes certain 2006-2011 3 Series Sedan (324i, 325i, 325xi, 328i, 328xi, 330i, 330xi, 335i, 335xi), 2006-2012 3 Series Sportswagon (325xi, 328i, 328xi), and 2009-2011 3 Series Sedan (335d) vehicles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">BMW dealers will inspect and replace the driver\u2019s air bag module as necessary for free.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed on Aug. 23. Vehicle owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417 or the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, 10 Jul (AP) \u2014 BMW of North America is recalling more than 390,000 vehicles in the U.S. because they are equipped with airbag inflators that can explode, leading to a potentially serious injury or death. The original steering wheel may have been replaced with a sport or M-sport steering wheel equipped with a Takata [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-244068","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}