Recall Alert: 3,500 2016-2017 BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce Vehicles
By Patrick Masterson
July 17, 2017
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Vehicles Affected: Approximately 3,500 model-year 2017 BMW 640i, 640i xDrive, 650i, 650i xDrive, M6, 535i, 535i xDrive, 430i, 430i xDrive, 440i, 440i xDrive and M4 cars; X1 sDrive28i and X1 xDrive28i SUVs; i3 plug-in hatchbacks; i8 plug-in hybrid sports cars; Mini Cooper Clubman, Cooper S Clubman, Cooper All4, Cooper S All4, Cooper, Cooper S and John Cooper Works cars; Rolls-Royce Dawn luxury convertibles; and model-year 2016 BMW 528i, 528i xDrive, 535i, 535i xDrive, 550i, 550i xDrive, M5 and 535d cars
The Problem: Seat-mounted side airbag inflator initiators may fail to ignite during a crash, causing the seat-mounted airbag not to deploy and increasing the risk of an injury.
The Fix: BMW will notify owners and dealers will replace the airbag modules for free.
Patrick Masterson is Chief Copy Editor at Cars.com. He joined the automotive industry in 2016 as a lifelong car enthusiast and has achieved the rare feat of applying his journalism and media arts degrees as a writer, fact-checker, proofreader and editor his entire professional career. He lives by an in-house version of the AP stylebook and knows where semicolons can go.