NHTSA Complaint #11209951 — 2003 BMW 540I

TAKATA RECALL - THE BMW 2003 540I THAT I OWN, HAS A DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG AND A PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG. I COMPLIED WITH THE BMW RECALL FOR THE TAKATA AIRBAG REPLACEMENT SYSTEM THAT TO MY DISSATISFACTION, REPLACED ONLY THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG. I AM REGISTERING THIS COMPLAINT TO NOTIFY NHTSA THAT BMW DID NOT REPLACE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG WITH THIS RECALL. THIS NON-REPLACEMENT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG IS CONCERNING TO ME AS THE PASSENGER IS AT RISK FOR THE PROBLEMS THAT TAKATA AIRBAGS PRODUCE WHETHER DRIVER'S SIDE OR THE PASSENGER SIDE. IT IS ANATHEMA TO PROPER GOOD FAITH PERFORMANCE OF BMW AND TAKATA TO NOT REPLACE THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG WAS REPLACED BY THE RECALL INITIATED DUE TO THE POOR PERFORMANCE OF THE TAKATA AIRBAG. I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO LEARN THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG WAS NOT BEING REPLACED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG REPLACEMENT. NHTSA - PLEASE WORK WITH BMW TO HAVE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG PERFORMED UNDER THE PREVIOUS RECALL, OR THROUGH A NEW RECALL ANNOUNCEMENT SO THAT THE PASSENGER IN VEHICLES WITH THE TAKATA AIRBAG UNDER THE PREVIOUS RECALL, ARE RECALLED AND, THEN SAFE WITH A NEW AIRBAG SYSTEM. I WAS IN ANTICIPATION OF THE RECALL FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE BY THE NHTSA. HOWEVER, SINCE THE REPLACEMENT OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG THAT OCCURRED IN THE 2017 TIME FRAME, HAS NOT OCCURRED, I AM REGISTERING THIS COMPLAINT WITH THE NHTSA. TO REITERATE, SINCE A RECALL FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE HAS NOT BEEN INITIATED BY BMW, I AM RAISING THIS ISSUE FOR NHTSA TO BE INFORMED AND TO PURSUE A RECALL BEING INITIATED BY BMW.