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.
2000 BMW 323CI
4 safety recall campaigns, 1 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 33 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
1 campaign covering the 2000 BMW 323CI carries 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 it1stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints33
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire2
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
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.
19V852000
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.
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
- 11AIR BAGS
- 6POWER TRAIN
- 4STRUCTURE:BODY
- 4SUSPENSION
- 3ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 1ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- 1STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS
- 1UNKNOWN OR OTHER
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2000 BMW 323CIs 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.