3 recalls across 9 model years
The BMW 330 has 3 recalls spanning the 2000–2011 model years, all involving the driver's frontal airbag inflator, which can rupture in a crash and send metal fragments into the cabin, posing a risk of serious injury or death to the driver and other occupants.
The 2006–2011 model years are covered by one filing, while 2000–2002 models are covered by two separate filings. The second recall for 2000–2002 vehicles specifically targets cars where the driver's airbag module was previously replaced, either after a crash or as part of an earlier recall remedy, meaning some of those vehicles may have received a replacement inflator that carries the same rupture risk as the original. All three recalls describe the same underlying failure mode: a defective inflator that can explode rather than deploy cleanly, turning the airbag housing into a source of metal shrapnel rather than a cushion.
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