BMW is replacing the passenger airbags on 1.6 million 3 series vehicles all over the world, the company said in a statement.
The vehicles were produced between 05/1999 and 8/2006. The replacement campaign is a voluntary precautionary measure that aims at minimising the risk of faulty airbag activation.
BMW company said the move is a voluntary extension of last year's recall campaign. At that time, the supplier stated a production period during which potentially faulty gas generators were installed in passenger airbags.