NHTSA Campaign 15V628000

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

Issued by BMW of North America, LLC · Reported Oct 7, 2015 · 6,073 vehicles affected

What's wrong

BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain model year 2014-2016 MINI Cooper S and MINI Cooper two-door vehicles, 2015-2016 MINI John Cooper Works and MINI Cooper S and MINI Cooper four-door vehicles and 2014-2015 BMW i3 vehicles. Due to a manufacturing error, the passenger frontal air bag may not deploy properly in a low speed crash. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 208, "Occupant Crash Protection."

Consequence

In the event of a vehicle crash, an air bag that does not deploy properly increases the risk of injury to the front seat passenger.

Remedy

MINI and BMW will notify owners, and dealers will replace the passenger frontal air bag module, free of charge. The recall began on November 25, 2015. Owners may contact MINI customer service at 1-866-825-1525 and BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417.

Vehicles affected by this recall

Make Model Year Units
BMW I3 2014 6,073
BMW I3 2015 6,073
MINI COOPER 2014 6,073
MINI COOPER 2015 6,073
MINI COOPER 2016 6,073
MINI COOPER S 2014 6,073
MINI COOPER S 2015 6,073
MINI COOPER S 2016 6,073
MINI JOHN COOPER WORKS 2015 6,073
MINI JOHN COOPER WORKS 2016 6,073

Source: NHTSA Campaign 15V628000 on nhtsa.gov. To check the current repair status for a specific vehicle, use our free VIN decoder.