BMW of North America, LLC: Air Bags › Frontal › Passenger Side › Inflator Module
BMW of North America, LLC reported this defect to federal regulators on Oct 7, 2015 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 6,073. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain model year 2014-2016 MINI Cooper S and MINI Cooper two-door vehicles, 2015-2016 MINI John Cooper Works and MINI Cooper S and MINI Cooper four-door vehicles and 2014-2015 BMW i3 vehicles. Due to a manufacturing error, the passenger frontal air bag may not deploy properly in a low speed crash. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."
The risk
In the event of a vehicle crash, an air bag that does not deploy properly increases the risk of injury to the front seat passenger.
The remedy
MINI and BMW will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag module, free of charge. The recall began on November 25, 2015. Owners may contact MINI customer service at 1-866-825-1525 and BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417.
10 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Mini Cooper | 28 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 Mini Cooper S | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2016 Mini John Cooper Works | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 BMW I3 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 Mini Cooper | 56 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 2015 Mini Cooper S | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 2015 Mini John Cooper Works | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 BMW I3 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 Mini Cooper | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 2014 Mini Cooper S | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 15V628000.
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