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On Feb. 27, the State Administration of Market Regulation issued two recall announcements involving car companies including brilliance BMW, BMW (China), Mercedes-Benz (China) and Beijing Mercedes-Benz.

Brilliance BMW and BMW China Trading Co., Ltd. filed the recall plan with the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration, and decided to recall a total of 4827 domestic and imported 1999-2006 3-series cars from May 1, 2020.

Specific models: brilliance BMW Co., Ltd. recalled some domestic brilliance BMW 318i and 325i vehicles produced from July 11, 2003 to May 18, 2005, a total of 4193 vehicles; BMW (China) Automobile Trading Co., Ltd. recalled some imported BMW 318i, 325i, 328i, 330i vehicles produced from November 18, 1999 to February 23, 2006, a total of 634 vehicles.

The reason for the recall: the front passenger side airbag is equipped with an ammonium nitrate gas generator without desiccant produced by Takata Company. when the airbag is deployed, the gas generator of the airbag may be abnormally damaged, resulting in debris flying out and injuring the people in the car. There is a safety risk. The vehicles were recalled in 2013 and 2014, but in view of Takata's phased analysis of the issue at that time, the recalled airbags were still equipped with an ammonium nitrate gas generator without desiccant produced by Takata. Therefore, although the safe service life of the newly replaced airbag at that time has been extended, the above risk still exists after being used in a high temperature and high humidity environment for a long time.

Solution: brilliance BMW and BMW (China) will replace front passenger side airbags with more stable agents (guanidine nitrate) free of charge for vehicles within the recall to eliminate safety risks.

The recalled models include imported BMW 3-Series models and domestic models, mainly from 2003 to 2006, which coincides with the period of high-speed assembly of Takata airbags.

Since Takata airbags have safety risks, assembled models have launched recalls due to safety risks. It is understood that not a few brands have been recalled due to the assembly of Takata airbags. Japanese, French, German, American and other models are all equipped. Due to the wide spread of dangerous airbags, bankruptcy was finally declared in 2017. Although Takata went bankrupt, the impact of the airbag scandal is still there.

In addition to the BMW filing recall plan, Mercedes-Benz is also filing the recall plan with the State Market Supervision Administration.

Mercedes-Benz (China) Automobile sales Co., Ltd. and Beijing Mercedes-Benz Automobile Co., Ltd. have filed a recall plan with the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration, recalling a total of 9765 vehicles from March 26, 2020.

Specific models: Mercedes-Benz (China) recalled imported Class B, C, E, G, S, SL, CLA, CLS, GLA, M, GL, GLE SUV, GLS SUV, SLK and AMG GT vehicles produced from June 21, 2013 to September 27, 2016, with a total of 5218 vehicles. Beijing Mercedes-Benz recalled a total of 4547 domestic C-Class, E-Class, GLK-Class, GLA-Class and GLC SUV vehicles produced from July 1, 2011 to February 19, 2017.

The reason for the recall: due to problems with the communication module software used to communicate the location of some vehicles in the emergency call system, the date and time determined based on GPS satellite data may be different from the actual date and time from November 4, 2019. Because of this deviation, the positioning of the vehicle will be delayed or can not be completed, when the emergency call system is activated, the rescue may not be guided to the vehicle due to the inaccurate positioning of the vehicle, so there is a security risk.

Solution: Mercedes-Benz (China) and Beijing Mercedes-Benz will update the communication module software for vehicles within the recall area free of charge through remote updates or through Mercedes-Benz authorized service centers to eliminate security risks.

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