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BMW NA earlier this summer told me that I should expect a replacement around the end of summer/September/October.

I plugged my VIN in BMWUSA site - it says remedy available. Just for schitz and gigs, called 2 dealers. Both service depts have advised the mothership has not shipped nor ETA on the front DS bags yet

Welcome back Ed. Seems like you have been back with a E Seventy.

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Originally Posted by jsoto (Post 1084823)

I plugged my VIN in BMWUSA site - it says remedy available. Just for schitz and gigs, called 2 dealers. Both service depts have advised the mothership has not shipped nor ETA on the front DS bags yet

Not totally true. Dealers have no clue and everyone is so disconnected with this whole cluster. My M5 had the recall, first I was told they were doing a temporary fix to meet NHTSA requirements as permanent wasnt available but I had to go in and "register" car so it would be ordered in as they are VIN specific, or so I was told. It took over a month for it to come in. I then get a call 1 week later after "temp" fix was installed that I need another appt for perm fix. Guess what, they already installed the perm fix the first time they tell me after 2hours. Like I said total cluster! The shop foreman came out and told me BMW decided they were just replacing the whole bag vs dealing with temp fix.

And BTW the experience I had with Acura was marginally better but I still had to go in "register" the car so the part could be ordered. I am still waiting on PS recall remedy.

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Originally Posted by edco (Post 1084814)

...I was just at the dealer on Friday. I asked about the status for my E70 airbag recall. The SA said it's going to be a YEAR before they even put a dent in the backlog of vehicles. He also said that because recalled cars without replaced bags cannot be sold by the dealer, they are offering (his words) "stupid low lease renewals" because "they would have no place to store all the unsellable cars, and the 17 inventory has already begun to fill the lots".

Tanaka made a lot of airbags apparently....

ed in NJ

Wow if they are having trouble on current models I can only imagine how much of a priority our decade old + E53's are for them LOL

I got a letter today stating parts ARE available to correct issue, call dealer to schedule an appointment.

^^Good news! My letter should be coming in shortly, as I'm the around the same production month as you (late 2003 build) -

I wonder how many of us are going for airbag replacement and the dealer is going to use it to try to get us into $3k of repairs or a new X - After my last dealership fiasco I will be probably personally watching the tech replace my airbag from start to finish.

Yeah I got my notification in the mail yeasterday to set up my appointment. Time for the 4.6is and E39 M5 to get their airbag module fix.

RB, seeing that humidity is the culprit that's causing the charge instability, my guess is BMW is addressing this issue based on regional registration records. This recall might not be correcting the problem in VIN order.

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Originally Posted by Ricky Bobby (Post 1086597)

Happened on my Acura. That was the exact amount $3000ish same as another person seems to be the magical number.

For my M5 i told them replace the bag and thats it. no lift, no tech inspection, and certainly no wash.