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Old 09-16-2014, 09:02 PM   #18
Terri Kennedy
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Originally Posted by John V View Post
That's sort of ridiculous, and displays a lack of understanding of how slowly large companies work.
Are you responding to my post? I didn't pick the dates, BMW / NHTSA did.

July 15th - BMW notifies NHTSA that they will be announcing a recall. BMW tells NHTSA dealers will be notified in July, customers in August, with parts available "the following month" (presumably September).

And, for the record, Takata notified the NHTSA and BMW about this fault on April 11, 2013:
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