Explosive airbags. Problem?

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Chris_D

Lifer
Not sure if this has been posted already but something slightly unnerving popped into my youtube suggested feed today and raised a few hairs on the back of my neck.
ARC is a company who makes airbags placed into millions of vehicles across many manufacturers.
I spotted the BMW roundel in the report so it would be interesting to know if this will become an issue to worry z-owners too I suspect.
Personally, I would be reassured to know if mine isn’t going to go pop in my face for no reason. I have all my own teeth and I’d like to hang onto them a while longer if possible!
Anyone have any insights into which manufacturer is responsible for z-car steering wheel airbags? Any labels spotted on the units when taken out to refurb steering wheels etc?
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Airbags in American market cars are far more powerful than UK market ones as Americans typically don't use seatbelts so the airbag needs to deploy more quickly. The USA airbag laws require the bag to able to "save the life" of an unbelted typical adult.
 
BMW airbags of the mid-00s were made by that Japanese company that went phut over a similar problem rather than ARC. There are ongoing recalls for E46 and E53. When I was trying to book mine in, I tried finding out if the E85 was affected but couldn't get an answer (it wasn't that she was stalling, she must have been blindingly pretty as she was struggling with the concept of booking two cars in for the same problem on the same day but with enough time between the slots that I could get home to swap cars.)
 
This is a topic on the F3x forums. A recall has been issued for (so far) mostly 2015 Fxx cars in the UK.
There is no recall for my 2013 E89 (yet).
The airbags are apparently too powerful and can (and I quote from the BMW recall) "cause serious injury or fatality" which is re-assuring!

So owners have been contacting BMW dealers but there is no supply of the parts until at least July!
 
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