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Got My Airbag Recall Notice today
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03-09-2017, 09:46 AM | #265 | |
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03-09-2017, 11:42 AM | #266 |
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Nice! Good to hear bro!
Gonna have to talk to my trusted mechanic. He used to work at Reeves BMW before he started his own indy shop and knows people who work there. Maybe he can get his peeps to use their connections and get it expedited.
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03-09-2017, 11:50 AM | #267 | |
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03-09-2017, 01:50 PM | #268 | |
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While the airbag itself is not stamped with the vehicle's VIN, the airbag serial number is tied to the VIN for tracking purposes, thereby indirectly linking the bag to the vehicles VIN. This is due to liability reasons assuredly. BMW must keep track of which vehicles receive replacement airbags, therefore not only maintain accuracy by categorizing airbag replacement priority "zones", but specified further by VIN to track completion. When I had my airbag replaced on Tuesday, my SA confirmed this. |
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03-10-2017, 12:31 PM | #269 | |
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Worst case, I'll just keep waiting for like eternity, but it ain't gonna keep me from driving.
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06-10-2017, 05:55 PM | #272 |
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I finally called BMW NA a couple weeks ago and was told they now have the ability to request to expedite the replacement. They contacted my dealer and less than a week later the dealer called to setup an appointment to replace it.
I waited and was in and out of the dealer in an hour.
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06-10-2017, 06:46 PM | #273 |
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I had my dashcam going and the car wasn't even in the shop for 10 mins. They said they don't give out loaners for the airbag job. I did get a lift to work however as i couldn't wait. (They told me it would take an hour but i just couldn't miss work that day).
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06-10-2017, 06:54 PM | #274 |
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06-14-2017, 03:18 PM | #276 |
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A friend of mine who owns an '05 325i just rolled into work and told me about the airbag recall and showed me his new airbags. Looked great! I haven't received anything from BMW since I heard about Takata's hand in effing up millions of cars, but decided wtf, I'll run my VIN anyways. So I checked it at BMWUSA and NHTSA and didn't get a hit! Not for nothing, but every chance that my 'ole gal could be potentially screwed up in someway, it pulls through just fine. 11 years old and still a joy.
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07-20-2017, 02:33 PM | #278 |
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Yes, last August....also wife's cousin's husband, also NJ. That's interesting, you got the letter same time as I did...
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07-20-2017, 02:36 PM | #279 |
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07-20-2017, 02:58 PM | #280 | |
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I wonder if I need to call every dealer in the state. This is not cool at all. She gave me some BS about older models will get fixed first. What year is yours? |
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07-20-2017, 03:19 PM | #281 |
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I talked with an SA (at the only BMW dealer in my state) since the part is finally in for my '02 (different part/recall, same issue) and he said they weren't giving rentals for E9x recalls anymore. I didn't ask about a rental, he offered that as (I think) assurance that I didn't have anything to worry about in terms of safety. I don't disagree, I still haven't heard about anyone getting injured in a BMW by a defective airbag. What I don't like is that I'm still holding the bag on a car with an open recall, patiently, but what if I want to sell/trade? Maybe I should have taken the rental :/
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07-21-2017, 12:17 AM | #283 | ||
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07-21-2017, 03:31 PM | #284 |
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Air Bag Recall Executed
After a false start a couple weeks ago the local dealer called last Monday to say the replacement Air Bag was in and replacement could be scheduled.
yesterday, Thursday 7/20/2017 took the car in SA said it would take 45 minutes if I wanted to wait instead of using loaner car. I said ok and it was done in 47 minutes. Good experience. Skip |
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07-25-2017, 04:03 PM | #286 |
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Got mine done Saturday. Dropped the car off at 8:20am, they let me choose between an x3 and a 3 series loaner, chose the x3 since I had never been in one. Called me back around 3pm and told me it was done. Got a decent washing/vacuum out of it also.
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