3 recalls across 6 model years
The BMW 1 Series M has 3 recalls covering the 2008-2013 model years, the most serious being a driver's frontal airbag inflator defect on all model years where the inflator can rupture during deployment and send metal fragments into the cabin, causing serious injury or death.
The airbag inflator issue covers the full 2008-2013 production run of this model and represents the most critical safety concern across both filings, which describe the same underlying defect. On the drivetrain side, 2011-2012 models have a constant velocity joint that can fracture and cut power to the wheels without warning, leaving the vehicle unable to accelerate and raising the risk of a crash from sudden loss of propulsion.
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