BMW has issued a recall for about 2,000 SUVs because their knee airbags may not deploy correctly in an accident.
The recall affects some, but not all, examples of the:
The automaker tells federal safety regulators that a manufacturing error might prevent knee airbags from deploying properly in an accident. The company is not aware of any accidents or injuries related to the problem. An airbag supplier discovered the problem in its own testing.
Dealers will replace the airbags to fix the issue. By law, recall repairs are always free.
Many cars are recalled to fix safety defects, sometimes more than once. While automakers try to reach every owner to ask them to bring the vehicle in for repair, they rarely reach them all. Millions of vehicles on American roads need free recall repairs. To find out if your car is one of them, check the easy VIN tool at our recall center.
