BMW has issued a recall for about 9,200 examples of its flagship 7 Series sedan and i7 electric car from model years 2023-2024 because a safety system may not properly engage.
BMW tells National Highway Traffic Safety Administration a system that detects whether the driver’s hands are on the steering wheel “may not have been attached correctly, resulting in an inoperative hands-on detection system.”
Both cars are designed to bring themselves to a safe stop if the driver is unresponsive. That system may not function properly, BMW says, if the hand detector doesn’t work. In a worst-case scenario, that could leave the car driving with an unresponsive driver.
BMW says it knows of no accidents or injuries related to the condition, which was discovered during a quality inspection.
Dealers will inspect the system and connect it properly if necessary. By law, dealers never charge for recall-related repairs.
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