My Takata shrapnel bag has finally been replaced

"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
10/24/2017 at 13:14 • Filed to: None

Brought my car to the BMW dealer for its fancy new shrapnel-free driver’s airbag. They left transparent blue tape over the BMW logo for me to remove, which I did right after taking this picture. Unless... the blue tape is what prevents it from spewing shrapnel. Oops.

DISCUSSION (18)

HammerheadFistpunch > Textured Soy Protein
10/24/2017 at 13:17

*tapes badge* There....fixed it.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Textured Soy Protein
10/24/2017 at 13:18

Got mine taken care of a few weeks ago. Had to get my service manager to elevate my case after waiting over a year...

Textured Soy Protein > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
10/24/2017 at 13:19

I went through about a year of calling BMW USA and being told I was in a lower-priority region based on humidity, and to keep waiting. Eventually I got a recall notice in the mail saying it was my turn for a new airbag and to schedule an appointment at a dealer.

CalzoneGolem > Textured Soy Protein
10/24/2017 at 13:20

No! Don’t remove the safety tape!

functionoverfashion > Textured Soy Protein
10/24/2017 at 13:20

Ooh, mine is done but my wife just got a letter on hers... probably should do something about that.

Our problem is the nearest dealer is 90 minutes away, and we both work normal weekday jobs. We literally planned a whole trip to Boston around doing one of the airbags on my car, just waiting while it was done.

Textured Soy Protein > HammerheadFistpunch
10/24/2017 at 13:20

I’m pretty sure the tape is to prevent the badge from being scratched during shipping. I guess the dealer left it on to show, “yup, this one is new!”

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Textured Soy Protein
10/24/2017 at 13:22

Same answer I got. Hey - at least we’re not dead!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Textured Soy Protein
10/24/2017 at 13:23

Textured Soy Protein > functionoverfashion
10/24/2017 at 13:24

My local BMW dealer (that I don’t actually go to for much of anything since my car is out of warranty and modified) is 8 miles from home. They got me in and out in maybe an hour. I brought my laptop, sat in the lounge, did some work, drank coffee, and ate a free gourmet cookie while I waited, then headed in to the office.

All that’s very nice, but not nice enough to pay $45/hr more than my indy mechanic’s labor rate, and full BMW MSRP on parts.

Urambo Tauro > Textured Soy Protein
10/24/2017 at 13:32

From claymore to clayless

functionoverfashion > Textured Soy Protein
10/24/2017 at 13:34

I went with my wife and kids, and took full advantage of the nice waiting area stocked with free snacks, drinks, etc. That was nice, but yeah if it was closer I still wouldn’t go. I like my $70/hr indy shop thank you.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Textured Soy Protein
10/24/2017 at 13:35

The blue tape is there to call attention to the fact that they gave you a new propeller badge.

Takuro Spirit > Textured Soy Protein
10/24/2017 at 13:57

Wooooow you get a whole new bag? No wonder they took so long. For Mazda and Chrysler we just get the inflators or inflators with bags. The covers get transferred. Unless its like a Crossfire or something goofy.

Textured Soy Protein > Takuro Spirit
10/24/2017 at 14:19

The service advisor mentioned that depending on the car, some BMWs get only an inflator vs. a full bag.

average user > Textured Soy Protein
10/24/2017 at 14:37

I had mine replaced a couple days before i traded the ol’ E90 in.

Jason Spears > Textured Soy Protein
10/24/2017 at 15:16

Mine is still supposedly not under recall according to both the Honda and airbagrecall.com lookups - but I just got a postcard from TK Holdings about the Takata bankruptcy. Things that make you go hmmm...

theloudmouth > Textured Soy Protein
10/24/2017 at 17:26

Me too today

theloudmouth > Takuro Spirit
10/24/2017 at 17:28

Depends on passenger vs driver. Driver bags are literally ejected into the cover with the inflator at manufacturing. A lot of people looked a lot of ways to see if it was feasible on a driver air bag and nope. For passenger bags the inflator nests in a housing that is more or less serviceable in most applications.