March 2020 recall check: Airbag safety fault forces BMW to recall 67,548 cars

A serious airbag problem has forced BMW to recall tens of thousands of cars in the UK.

The DVSA (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) recall safety notice affects older versions of the BMW 3 Series built between October 1997 and July 2000. However, despite the fact some vehicles in the recall notice are over 20-years old, BMW estimates that as many as 67,548 cars could be affected.

BMW says the airbag may not deploy correctly in event of an accident and owners will be contacted and asked to visit their local BMW dealer or approved workshop to have the air bag inflators replaced.

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BMW has also issued a separate safety bulletin for the X6 SUV after it emerged the ISOFIX child restraint U-Loop may break off the carrier plate, resulting in the child seat no longer being secure. Owners of X6 models built between March 2014 and April 2019 will be asked to return to their BMW dealer so an additional metal angle bracket can be welded to each ISOFIX U-Loop.

Ford is also recalling the new Puma crossover after it admitted the driver’s airbag retention springs may not lock the module to the steering wheel. The issue affects 24,249 cars and each one will need to be recalled to the supplying dealer so a replacement airbag retention spring can be installed.

Honda has issued a recall bulletin for the Civic, CR-V and HR-V after it emerged that some 50,000 cars may not meet regulatory requirements for emission levels. The issue affects cars built between February 2015 and May 2018 and owners will be asked to book their car for an engine software update to improve the performance of the emissions control system.