Defective Air Bags Found in Repaired BMWs, Spurring Fresh Recall
- BMW recalls 230,000 vehicles that may have Takata inflators
- Other automakers could be at risk if Takata part was used
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BMW AG is recalling about 230,000 vehicles in the U.S. after discovering that some may have been fitted with defective Takata Corp. air-bag inflators during repairs, such as after a crash in which the devices deployed.
The affected vehicles used air bags manufactured by Petri AG, a German partsmaker bought by Takata in 2000. If those vehicles needed a replacement air-bag module, Takata PSDI-4 inflators would have been used, BMW spokeswoman Rebecca Kiehne said.