2001 BMW 3 Series defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2001 BMW 3 Series. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• INADVERTENT SIDE-IMPACT AIR BAG DEPLOYME
  Engineering Analysis EA02012 · opened Jul 15, 2002 · closed Jun 24, 2003 · led to recall 02V223000

  The subject vehicle's air bag electronic control module contains programmable logic for deploying the side-impact air bags.bmw revised the module several times over the span of the model years 1999 through 2002 (identified as mrs2.ca, mrs2.bb, mrs3, mrs3+ and mrs4).although model year 1999.5 vehicles with version mrs2.…

• INADVERTENT SIDE-IMPACT AIR BAG
  Preliminary Evaluation PE02011 · opened Jan 31, 2002 · closed Jul 15, 2002