BMW 328CI Recalls

The BMW 328Ci has 4 recalls, all involving Takata airbag inflators that can rupture or explode during deployment and send metal fragments into the cabin, affecting driver and passenger airbags across 2000–2006 model years.

All four recalls center on the same underlying hazard: frontal airbag inflators manufactured by Takata that can fail violently when the airbag deploys in a crash. The driver-side inflator recalls cover 2000–2001 model years, including vehicles that may have received a replacement driver airbag as part of a prior repair, since some of those replacement inflators carry the same defect. The passenger-side inflator recall extends further, covering 2000–2006 model years, and involves inflators containing phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate propellant that can explode rather than inflate normally, producing sharp metal fragments that can cause serious injury or death to anyone in the front of the vehicle.