20V018000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
2001 BMW 330I
4 safety recall campaigns, 2 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 159 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
2 campaigns covering the 2001 BMW 330I carry NHTSA’s “park it” advisory — the federal government telling owners to stop driving the vehicle until the remedy has been performed. Whether it was performed on any particular car is not something NHTSA publishes in a form anyone can query; a franchised dealer can run the VIN and print the record in a minute, and the repair is free.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it2stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints159
Complaints citing a crash2
Complaints citing a fire4
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 4 of 4
14V428000
AIR BAGS
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure could cause rupturing of the inflator resulting in metal fragments striking and potentially seriously injuring the passenger seat occupant or other occupants.
21V401000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
The inflator could explode during air bag deployment, resulting in metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants. An underinflated air bag may not properly protect the occupant. These scenarios increase the risk of serious injury or death.
19V853000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
In the event of a crash necessitating air bag deployment, an inflator rupture may result in metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants. An underinflated air bag may not properly protect the occupant. These scenarios increase the risk of serious injury or death.
What owners report most
- 20AIR BAGS
- 17AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
- 15POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
- 15ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 8VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
- 6POWER TRAIN
- 6EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 6UNKNOWN OR OTHER
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2001 BMW 330Is can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.