BMW halts all i3 sales - entire production run to be recalled

Kinja'd!!! by "Obruni" (Obruni)
Published 11/22/2017 at 21:12

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Kinja'd!!! "TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
11/22/2017 at 21:15, STARS: 4

Failed the test for 5th percentile women not wearing a seatbelt. How much of the time do these conditions exist in an accident? Why are they responsible for safety when people aren’t wearing their seatbelt?

Kinja'd!!! "2Fast2Furious: Rotary Powered" (2fast2furiousfc3s)
11/22/2017 at 21:19, STARS: 13

While I’m not a big fan of the i3 this is a stupid recall and to me it didn’t fail anything. It’s time to stop testing for people not wearing seatbelts. Natural selection will run it’s course.

Kinja'd!!! "Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
11/22/2017 at 21:27, STARS: 6

I agree. You cannot make a true idiot-proof car. Electing to not wear a seatbelt is not a burden that the manufacturer should share.

Kinja'd!!! "ranwhenparked" (ranwhenparked)
11/22/2017 at 21:31, STARS: 2

Agreed, if you don’t use the seatbelt, you’re not really using the product (car) as it was intended to be used, so the manufacturer really shouldn’t be responsible at that point.

Kinja'd!!! "bob and john" (bobandjohn)
11/22/2017 at 22:25, STARS: 1

sounds like a quick and easy reason to stop production on a car that doesnt make them money...if this happened on the X3 we’d never hear about it

Kinja'd!!! "John Norris (AngryDrifter)" (angrydrifter)
11/22/2017 at 22:41, STARS: 0

Well on the upside for BMW it’s not like they’ve been a giant sales success .

https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/Wt3pB/2/#2

Kinja'd!!! "E92M3" (E46M3)
11/22/2017 at 23:08, STARS: 0

Doesn’t not wearing a seatbelt in EVERY car, “marginally increase your risk of neck injury”?