RecallAlert: BMW is warning the owners of about 90,000 older vehicles in the U.S. not to drive them due to an increasing threat that the airbags might explode in a crash.
NHTSA says if the inflators blow apart, metal fragments could be hurled toward the driver's face and could kill them or cause “devastating, life-altering injuries.”
Models involved in the BMW recall include the 2000 through 2006 3 Series, the 2000 through 2003 5 Series and the 2000 through 2004 X5. All have driver's front airbag inflators made by Takata. Owners of some older Honda, Ford and Stellantis vehicles with Takata inflators have previously been told not to drive them.
Takata used ammonium nitrate to create a small explosion to inflate airbags in a crash. But the chemical can become more volatile over time when exposed to moisture in the air and repeated high temperatures. The explosion can rupture a metal canister and hurl shrapnel into the passenger compartment.
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