EU Safety Gate · Report-2010-29
BMW · Passenger car - BMW 1 Series Cabrio (US model) and BMW 1 Series Coupé (US model).
The product poses a risk of fire because the clearance between the front seatbelt retractor and the sound insulation is too small. In a crash of sufficient severity, with deployment of the front seatbelt pre-tensioner and load-limiter it is possible in very exceptional cases that the sound insulation around the front seatbelt retractor could ignite.
- Published
- 23 July 2010
- Notifying authority
- Germany
- Catalog checked
- 30 July 2026
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Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Voluntary recall from consumers by the manufacturer.. Date of entry into force: Unknown
Official source alertProduct identification
- Safety Gate reference
- 1106/10
- Model
- Type corresponds to 182 and 1C
Classification
- Category
- Motor vehicles
- Risk type
- Fire
- Country of origin
- Germany
Product description
US vehicles manufactured between December 2007 (series launch) and May 2010. Vehicles with a European type-approval are not affected. The US vehicles were sold to members of the US military within Europe.