BMW 323CI 1999–2006 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 651414 · NHTSA communication 10148100 · issued Jun 1, 2014
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Air Bags
component
1999–2006
model years
50
vehicle entries
Official summary
Special Technical Campaign. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has urged vehicle manufacturers to conduct an investigation into air bags which may not deploy correctly. BMW is cooperating with this request. Takata is a supplier of air bags to several automotive manufacturers. They have informed NHTSA of a small number of cases of improperly deploying air bags in a few specific areas of the US. None of the reported cases involve any BMW vehicles. No determination has been made by BMW and Takata that a safety issue exists.This program involves the driver and front passeng
Vehicles covered
- 2000 BMW 323CI
- 1999 BMW 323I
- 2000 BMW 323I
- 2001 BMW 325CI
- 2002 BMW 325CI
- 2003 BMW 325CI
- 2004 BMW 325CI
- 2005 BMW 325CI
- 2006 BMW 325CI
- 2001 BMW 325I
- 2002 BMW 325I
- 2003 BMW 325I
- 2004 BMW 325I
- 2005 BMW 325I
- 2001 BMW 325IT
- 2002 BMW 325IT
- 2003 BMW 325IT
- 2004 BMW 325IT
- 2001 BMW 325XI
- 2002 BMW 325XI
- 2003 BMW 325XI
- 2004 BMW 325XI
- 2005 BMW 325XI
- 2002 BMW 325XIT
- 2003 BMW 325XIT
- 2004 BMW 325XIT
- 2000 BMW 328CI
- 1999 BMW 328I
- 2000 BMW 328I
- 2001 BMW 330CI
- 2002 BMW 330CI
- 2003 BMW 330CI
- 2004 BMW 330CI
- 2005 BMW 330CI
- 2006 BMW 330CI
- 2001 BMW 330I
- 2002 BMW 330I
- 2003 BMW 330I
- 2004 BMW 330I
- 2005 BMW 330I
- 2001 BMW 330XI
- 2002 BMW 330XI
- 2003 BMW 330XI
- 2004 BMW 330XI
- 2005 BMW 330XI
- 2001 BMW M3
- 2002 BMW M3
- 2003 BMW M3
- 2004 BMW M3
- 2005 BMW M3
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.