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Whoops: BMW Recalls 200,000 Vehicles For Faulty Airbags
BMW AG is recalling 200,000 vehicles over concerns that the front passenger air bag may not deploy in a crash.

The German automaker says the recall involves the 2006 3 Series, the 2004-2006 5 Series, and the 2004-2006 X3 compact sport utility vehicle.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a posting on its Web site Wednesday that small cracks could develop in a seat detection mat and lead to the front passenger air bags to be deactivated.

Thanks to TauronLB for the tip

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Whoops: BMW Recalls 200,000 Vehicles For Faulty Airbags



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budfrogS4budfrogS4 - 8/13/2008 2:29:40 PMView My AgentSpace
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That picture's going to go over well on this site...

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silver1silver1 - 8/13/2008 3:25:04 PM
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lol


MadibaPMadibaP - 8/14/2008 8:45:55 AM
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Now look here!

Airbags like most systems are a 3rd party supplied part. BMW just got a bad run from the supplier, thats all.

BMW's are well made and well engineered and there is not a question about their quality.

They just have no style and are designed to appeal to the mind of amazinbimmer. Ugly & horrible, but good if you don't mind looking like a WWF fan.


answeranswer - 8/13/2008 2:42:29 PMView My AgentSpace
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This story + that picture = a postfest of epic scale.

Kthor will be posting something in 3...2....

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09CTSVforMe09CTSVforMe - 8/13/2008 3:16:57 PM
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Ahh, but funny how the silence persists so far...

had this been a Lexus or Cadillac or Audi recall...what would the post count per minute be?

lol


CTS24CTS24 - 8/13/2008 2:49:12 PM
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Shouldn't the title reflect that its not just "SUV's" that are affected?

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lexusrox123lexusrox123 - 8/13/2008 3:08:24 PM
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i'm surprised 009 posted this at all.

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lexusrox123lexusrox123 - 8/13/2008 3:08:58 PM
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and that pic is gonna be censored soon. LOL


silver1silver1 - 8/13/2008 3:26:00 PM
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I'm surprise to knowing he's a hardcore Bimmer fan...


Agent009Agent009 - 8/13/2008 3:34:56 PMView My AgentSpace
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Just goes to show NO ONE is safe with me!


_43LE_43LE - 8/13/2008 3:44:38 PM
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Yeah, especially since so many of us have pointed out agents' biases of late.


09CTSVforMe09CTSVforMe - 8/13/2008 3:15:08 PM
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3 words for the fanboys on this site:

"Superior"

German

Engineering



Flame away, bois!

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09CTSVforMe09CTSVforMe - 8/13/2008 3:35:56 PM
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And the deboosting begins...

thanks for perpetuating my exact point!

Bwahhahhaaahaahhaaaa...


_43LE_43LE - 8/13/2008 3:20:12 PM
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All manufacturers have recalls of some sort. But, imagine what all the German fanboys would say if this was Lexus? Can you guess how many negative responses there would be?

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silver1silver1 - 8/13/2008 3:26:37 PM
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80+


0to600to60 - 8/13/2008 3:35:37 PM
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80+ 100 led by Star and EL34, MT and Staar of course taking up for their brand


FactsRuleFactsRule - 8/13/2008 3:32:02 PM
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Gee, I wonder how many Lexus aka Toyota recalls there have been over the last year?

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_43LE_43LE - 8/13/2008 3:51:21 PM
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See what I mean? Of course a German car fan has to counter with a comment about Toyota, how typical and petty.

What is more important is the recall rate, not number of recalls. I wonder who has the latest stats on that. I seem to recall 009 doing some calculations quite a while ago.


Agent009Agent009 - 8/13/2008 4:05:53 PMView My AgentSpace
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_43LE- If I told you how many Toyota's were recalled over the last 2 years it would scare you. The better figure might be a percentage of cars recalled compared to produced.


_43LE_43LE - 8/13/2008 5:20:26 PM
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Yeah, that's what I meant when I said recall rate, the % recalled versus the amount produced (sorry I wasn't clear). Wasn't it you that did those calculations a while ago?


_43LE_43LE - 8/13/2008 5:21:52 PM
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*the amount recalled versus the amount produced.


F1_DriverF1_Driver - 8/13/2008 7:14:46 PM
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Lexus + Toyota recalls are far less than BMW recalls:

http://www.mycarstats.com/auto_recalls/auto_recalls.asp


kthorkthor - 8/13/2008 9:18:42 PM
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Saab, Jaguar, and Mercedes TOGETHER have less than ToyLex.

Thanks for the link!


Hachee2001Hachee2001 - 8/13/2008 3:32:36 PM
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I have two BMWs and used to have Audis, and not for a second would I ever expect them to be more reliable or fault-free than anything else, especially Lexus.

I'm just glad I don't have one of the recalled models. I had plenty of them with the Audis, but I still loved them.



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StarStar - 8/13/2008 3:34:05 PM
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What's the big deal? BMW has 1 recall and the Japanese fanatics go wild. I wonder what would happen if BMW would have the multitude of recalls the Japanese manufacturers got us used to.
Still the ultimate driving machine...no doubt.


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0to600to60 - 8/13/2008 3:36:53 PM
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This from the ultimate idiot. thanks!


09CTSVforMe09CTSVforMe - 8/13/2008 3:37:14 PM
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Stick around a few years, and you'll probably find out.


_43LE_43LE - 8/13/2008 3:48:26 PM
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"BMW has 1 recall and the Japanese fanatics go wild."

Go wild over what? That's funny, of the 21 comments here as I type this, there are no Japanese car fans saying anything negative about BMW. Why don't you back up your comments with something we can believe. Maybe you can use facts next time?


StarStar - 8/13/2008 6:46:50 PM
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0to60,

I never thought I'm going to see the day when you will call yourself and idiot but here it is. You said it. Congrats!


0to600to60 - 8/13/2008 10:16:25 PM
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That statement would have been to hard for the ultimate idiot to understand. Star, thanks for proving the point.


09CTSVforMe09CTSVforMe - 8/13/2008 3:37:54 PM
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Wow...changed the pic already? I like 'em both, post both!

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vladyxavladyxa - 8/13/2008 3:46:35 PM
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009 your artistic abilities are simply astonishing

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Agent009Agent009 - 8/13/2008 4:07:12 PMView My AgentSpace
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I went to art skool for 5 long hard years!


PerformanceGuyPerformanceGuy - 8/13/2008 3:53:26 PM
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I have nothing against BMW, they are just cars like ever other brand out there. I have always thought it kind of ridiculous that there motto is "Ultimate Driving Machine", as in my opinion it does not warrant that. I have test driven all of their models and had 2 company BMW's and never felt anything special about them. Luckily, my company has decided to drop them as a fleet provider and now we can choose.

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StarStar - 8/13/2008 4:24:48 PM
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"I have nothing against BMW, they are just cars like ever other brand out there"

Can you name those brands?


dwatsondwatson - 8/13/2008 6:45:00 PMView My AgentSpace
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Staar....?

Who is mentally retarded now?


dwatsondwatson - 8/13/2008 6:47:43 PMView My AgentSpace
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I bet you aren't even old enough to obtain a drivers license. I would actually make a wager.

However, It would be a win-win situation for me because if you were, in fact, 16+ years of age then that would be even more humorous.


goochgooch - 8/14/2008 6:37:29 AM
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Seriously, I don't believe a word you've written.


FactsRuleFactsRule - 8/13/2008 3:58:39 PM
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Let me tell you one thing I do know for sure: BMW is the "Ulitmate Driving Machine".

I have owned 4 different models of the BMW brand and their worldly counterparts could not even come close, especially Lexus, Acura and Infiniti..

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bmwman1963bmwman1963 - 8/13/2008 4:07:48 PMView My AgentSpace
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Here's one from the later part of last year for all of you that secretly envy BMW:

TORRANCE, Calif./TOKYO — Toyota Motor Sales USA said it is recalling approximately 34,400 2006 Lexus GS 300, IS 250 and IS 350 models to fix faulty fuel pipes in the engine compartment. The recall involves both two-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive models.

It is part of a larger global recall by Toyota Motor of some 215,020 units of the Lexus GS, Crown and three other high-end car models in Japan.



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F1_DriverF1_Driver - 8/13/2008 7:16:28 PM
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Lexus alone has far less recalls than BMW recalls:

http://www.mycarstats.com/auto_recalls/auto_recalls.asp


sectorsector - 8/14/2008 11:30:56 PM
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Faulty fuel lines mean the car might die...

faulty airbags? you might die.


1dott81dott8 - 8/13/2008 4:17:32 PMView My AgentSpace
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what happened buddies? where are your posts defending the the superiority of bmw?

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1dott81dott8 - 8/13/2008 4:17:33 PMView My AgentSpace
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what happened buddies? where are your posts defending the the superiority of bmw?

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StarStar - 8/13/2008 4:21:49 PM
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The superiority is obviously still there. Why would you even think that BMW needs defending? Is just a recall.. you know like the tenths, hundreds of recalls Japanese cars have every year.


1dott81dott8 - 8/13/2008 4:23:20 PMView My AgentSpace
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bottom line all vehicles are made with part that may or may not work properly. if you like a brand, like the brand and shut up. just because you like it doesn't mean that everyone else has to. this comment is for the brand loyal, you know who you are.


StarStar - 8/13/2008 4:26:01 PM
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"bottom line all vehicles are made with part that may or may not work properly"

We can certainly agree on that.


CRS2112CRS2112 - 8/13/2008 4:26:42 PM
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amazinBimmer is checking to see if this recall applies to his 1/18 scale model..... in due time instead of saying that recalls are low for bmw - he will say audi sucks and that fwd cars have more recalls then rwd cars..... The one BMW I owned never had any recalls that I was notified of. I give them credit for taking a PR hit and ACTUALLY recalling the cars.

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sectorsector - 8/13/2008 4:39:43 PM
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Hahaha, where can I custom order that picture up there as a wall poster, or maybe a T-shirt? what about a coffee mug :)



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FactsRuleFactsRule - 8/13/2008 5:18:42 PM
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I'll make you one for free that says: Auto001 "The Ultimate Loser"


CRS2112CRS2112 - 8/13/2008 5:11:51 PM
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that is what I base my car purchases on - hot chics. what are you borat?? btw the genius - 'an' is used before a vowel

you never told us - is your 1/18th scale model recalled as well??

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AdHominemAdHominem - 8/13/2008 5:35:34 PM
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CRS2112, 'capial letters' are used at the beginning of sentences as well as for names. Sentences have punctuation at the end, such as a 'period'. When referring to a person use 'who' instead of 'what', jack@ss.

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CRS2112CRS2112 - 8/13/2008 5:58:13 PM
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Good one on the what/who! I had to boost you for that.

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aarononymousaarononymous - 8/13/2008 7:21:50 PM
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amazin, nobody's talking about VW right now, and please don't try to convince us of you sexuality. You clearly made reference to the attractiveness of VW/Audi male drivers in a previous post. It's OK, your surgardaddy moved on & left you for an Audi owner. Accept it & move on. We want to see the real amazinbimmer without all the hatred, please let him live.

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1dott81dott8 - 8/13/2008 10:03:17 PMView My AgentSpace
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this is a BMW recall post not vw/audi. thanks genius!

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vwowner1vwowner1 - 8/15/2008 2:14:55 PM
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amazinBimmer seems to have some sort of affinity for negative attention.

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CarboyCarboy - 8/13/2008 4:54:42 PMView My AgentSpace
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Lol Michael Taylor time!

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dwatsondwatson - 8/13/2008 6:41:13 PMView My AgentSpace
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Ok I have a question for those of you guys who actually read the article.

So, since I have a 2006 E90 330i, would I automatically receive a 10 year/unlimited mileage warranty regardless of whether or not my car had the malfunctioning airbag sensor (mine does not).

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CRS2112CRS2112 - 8/13/2008 7:20:47 PM
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"To respond to the problem, BMW said it would extend the warranty to 10 years without any mileage limit for the following vehicles: 2006 6 Series, 2006 3 Series with standard seat, 2004-2005 Z4, 2004-2006 7 Series, 2006 X5 and 2004-2006 5 Series with comfort seats."

I would think this would be for all cars regardless if the vehicle is effected this time or not. The best bet is to ask the service rep next time you bring it in for your scheduled maintenance. Also - I am assuming you mean the warranty for the airbag and not the whole car.




dwatsondwatson - 8/13/2008 8:47:25 PMView My AgentSpace
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yeah I read that but it seemed too awesome to be true. That's a nice thing to do. I'm excited!


enthusiastx11enthusiastx11 - 8/13/2008 8:16:57 PM
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well, i guess we'll all have to trade in our BMWs for lexi now. it was so much fun driving it while it lasted. guess my mom and i will now have the same car. oh well.

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sectorsector - 8/14/2008 11:43:37 PM
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I guess your mom's the smart one in the family :)


enthusiastx11enthusiastx11 - 8/15/2008 11:42:43 AM
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my mom's a very smart lady. but she's 65 and views her car as simply an appliance to get her from A to B. she'll tell you herself she couldn't care less about her car as long as it starts.


BmwVoyagerBmwVoyager - 8/13/2008 8:39:46 PM
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huu76huu76 - 8/13/2008 9:09:24 PM
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F1_driver,
You link shows Toyota 401 recalls, BMW with 639. Toyota sells about 9x as many cars per year.

I also looked at some of the Toyota recalls on their high volume cars. Interior lights, misc is better than brakes, airbags and wheels that plague BMW.
Granted, I took a quick look, I do recall the first few ES' with a bad transmission tooth and the Tundra knuckle.

10year warranties are good, reminds me of Toyota extending their Tacoma warranties for up to 15 years.

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enthusiastx11enthusiastx11 - 8/13/2008 9:57:52 PM
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but you've forgotten that a BMW is about 50 times more fun to drive than a toylex.


_43LE_43LE - 8/13/2008 11:21:30 PM
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One question that I have is when there is a negative article about BMW, why does Toyota have to get dragged into this? Are their fans so petty that they have to divert attention to other makes to somehow make up for it? Take the news like an adult please!

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bigTYMEbigTYME - 8/14/2008 12:06:22 AMView My AgentSpace
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They still make great cars. You gotta be stupid to say they don't.

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goochgooch - 8/14/2008 6:45:37 AM
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Homer, you have set a new standard for abuse of the language.

Lose -- loose
boistrus -- boisterous
hugmongus -- ???
til -- until
find'em for'em -- ???
over-rides -- overrides

You and huu should get together and create a new dictionary. You two could call it "The Big Kahuna take on language and stuff for Big Kahunas that hate BMWs"

Please, "a bunch of crooks trying to hide their deficiency?" It is a safety recall. That's what the NHTSA does. They've gotten everybody. They're going to get everybody again. No volume automaker is immune.

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MaindrianPaceMaindrianPace - 8/14/2008 7:18:23 AM
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What say I?

Don't crash, simple.



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QuantumMatrixQuantumMatrix - 8/15/2008 9:42:10 AM
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You dumbass!!! This was a voluntary recall by BMW..

BMW makes some of the safest, best engineered and most fun to drive cars on the market..

That is what makes their name so prestigious and all of the "wannabes" aka Lexus, Infiniti, Acura can't compete because BMW sets the standard for them.

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cptamazing4cptamazing4 - 8/14/2008 7:16:55 AM
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HA HA HA HA HA .BMW owners aren't exactly bright so it's no big loss.

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ubercoolubercool - 8/14/2008 7:48:20 AM
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This is funny, BMW's are well built then, yet more evidence that they are not what they used to be!!!

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WhelanWhelan - 8/14/2008 9:17:16 AM
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I was gonna say here comes the bashers and the defenders, but it seems they've already started.

Granted the 3rd party supplier is responsible for the product being faulty. But BMW does have the blame to keep because they should be testing these units out regularly. Not to mention that 200k is a fairly large production run of parts for a 3rd party to have issue with. Something that probably could have been caught much earlier in the run.

Seems like BMW may want to update their quality control and testing a bit.

Not to take away from them being great cars, but things like this do put little dents in your prestige.

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1dott81dott8 - 8/14/2008 9:18:18 PMView My AgentSpace
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3-5m a year and you drive a bmw? come on dude, if i made that much i would drive something the average person couldn't even pronounce. genius.

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aarononymousaarononymous - 8/14/2008 7:53:11 PM
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Hatred at it's best right there.

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BMW4me4everBMW4me4ever - 8/14/2008 11:08:38 AMView My AgentSpace
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FI and other ... Lexs has had more recalls in the last 5 years than BMW. In 2006 Lexus recalled 360k + RX350, 400h due to "

JUL 13, 2006 | Recall ID# 51914 Hide Details


Recall Reason VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
Recall Date JUL 13, 2006
Model Affected RX400H
Potential Units Affected 367594


Recall Summary
ON CERTAIN SPORT UTILITY AND HYBRID VEHICLES, THE TWO RETAINING CLIPS FOR THE DRIVER'S SIDE FORWARD CENTER CONSOLE CAN BECOME LOOSE. IF BOTH CLIPS SEPARATE FROM THE FLOOR CARPET COVER, THE COVER MAY LEAN TOWARD THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, CAUSING INTERFERENCE WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ROD.


Consequence
THIS CONDITION MAY INTERFERE WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL RETURNING TO THE IDLE POSITION INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.


Remedy
DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE TWO FLOOR CARPET COVER RETAINING CLIPS FREE OF CHARGE. THE RECALL BEGAN ON JULY 24, 2006, AND SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY EARLY SEPTEMBER 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1-800-331-4331 OR LEXUS AT 1-800-255-3987.


Notes
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC. 6LD 60F

Back when this happened, all the " Lexus " fanboys said it is great that they are proactive, but when it has to do with BMW then shame on them. Although, now that I think of it most of the Lexus fanboys on here could never afford their beloved Lexus and are just talking out of their ass


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StarStar - 8/14/2008 1:07:08 PM
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Homer007,

You are joking... right? Lexus sells about half of what BMW sells and the things started to get even worse for Lexus.


BMW4me4everBMW4me4ever - 8/14/2008 2:24:06 PMView My AgentSpace
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homer . Toyota sells about that many cars. Lexus sell about a 1/3 world wide what BMW sells. who are you crappin?


cptamazing4cptamazing4 - 8/14/2008 11:48:39 AM
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The smart people already know Lexus and the evil emporer toyota suck.

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bmwemployeebmwemployee - 8/14/2008 1:21:54 PM
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i work for bmw. if you do own one of these vehicle and your air bag light does come on while driving or remains on you should bring it in even before you receive a letter from BMW NA.

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0to600to60 - 8/14/2008 3:22:16 PM
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Thats a good idea for any car brand


aarononymousaarononymous - 8/14/2008 5:50:15 PM
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lol


350zdon17350zdon17 - 8/14/2008 6:27:30 PM
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that coment deserves a big DAH!!!!


sectorsector - 8/14/2008 11:53:41 PM
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Have faith my friend, don't let this piece of equipment keep you awake at night :)

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huu76huu76 - 8/14/2008 7:40:38 PM
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enthusiast,
But you forget BMW drivers haven't the foggiest idea how to drive. They probably look around for a clutch for their automatics while their cellphone rings and they spill their Mocha Latte with strawberry bits and sprinkles.

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enthusiastx11enthusiastx11 - 8/15/2008 11:44:41 AM
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you're right. those blue-haired lexus drivers are THE BEST. have you ever watched one of them try to parallel park their ES. it's a hoot!