DETROIT — BMW is remembering a little number of SUVs in the U.S. duetothefactthat the motorist’s air bag inflators can blow apart in a crash, tossing metal shrapnel and perhaps hurting or killing individuals in the automobiles.
U.S. car security regulators state in files published Saturday that the recall covers 486 X3, X4 and X5 SUVs from the 2014 design year that are gearedup with air bags made by Takata Corp. of Japan.
The recall raises concerns about the security of about 30 million Takata inflators that are under examination by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Most have not been remembered.
Takata utilized unpredictable ammonium nitrate to produce a little surge to pumpup air bags in a crash. But the chemical can degrade over time when exposed to high temperaturelevels and humidity. It can blowup with too much force, blowing apart a metal container and gushing shrapnel.
At least 26 individuals haveactually been eliminated in the U.S. by Takata inflators giventhat May 2009, and at least 30 have passedaway aroundtheworld consistingof individuals in Malaysia and Australia. In addition, about 400 individuals haveactually been hurt.
Potential for a hazardous breakdown led to the biggest series of automobile remembers in U.S. history, with at least 67 million Takata inflators included. The U.S. federalgovernment states lotsof have not been fixed. About 100 million inflators haveactually been remembered worldwide. The blowingup air bags sentout Takata into personalbankruptcy.
Documents state the inflators in the BMWs have a wetness takingin chemical called a dessicant that were not part of previous remembers.
BMW states in files that in November, it was informed of a problem to NHTS