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Notes
cating in an emergency, enable certain vehicle
Reporting safety defects
data to be transmitted from the vehicle.
For US customers
The following only applies to vehicles owned
Event Data Recorder EDR
and operated in the US.
This vehicle is equipped with an event data re‐If you believe that your vehicle has a defect
corder EDR. The main purpose of an EDR is towhich could cause a crash or could cause in‐
record, in certain crash or near crash-like situa‐jury or death, you should immediately inform
tions, such as an air bag deployment or hittingthe National Highway Traffic Safety Adminis‐
a road obstacle, data that will assist in under‐tration NHTSA, in addition to notifying BMW of
standing how a vehicle’s systems performed.North America, LLC, P.O. Box 1227, West‐
The EDR is designed to record data related towood, New Jersey 07675-1227, Telephone
vehicle dynamics and safety systems for a 1-800-831-1117.
short period of time, typically 30 seconds or
If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it may
less.
open an investigation, and if it finds that a
The EDR in this vehicle is designed to recordsafety defect exists in a group of vehicles, it
such data as: may order a recall and remedy campaign.
▷ How various systems in your vehicle were However, NHTSA cannot become involved in
operating. individual problems between you, your dealer,
or BMW of North America, LLC.
▷ Whether or not the driver and passenger
safety belts were fastened. To contact NHTSA, you may call the Vehicle
Safety Hotline toll-free at 1-888-327-4236
▷ How far, if at all, the driver was depressing
(TTY: 1-800-424-9153); go to http://
the accelerator and/or brake pedal.
www.safercar.gov; or write to: Administrator,
▷ How fast the vehicle was traveling.
NHTSA, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washing‐
These data can help provide a better under‐
ton, DC 20590. You can also obtain other in‐
standing of the circumstances in which
formation about motor vehicle safety from
crashes and injuries occur.
http://www.safercar.gov
EDR data are recorded by your vehicle only if a
nontrivial crash situation occurs; no data areFor Canadian customers
recorded by the EDR under normal driving
Canadian customers who wish to report a
conditions and no personal data, e.g., name,
safety-related defect to Transport Canada, De‐
gender, age, and crash location, are recorded.
fect Investigations and Recalls, may telephone
However, other parties, such as law enforce‐the toll-free hotline 1-800-333-0510. You can
ment, could combine the EDR data with the also obtain other information about motor vehi‐
type of personally identifying data routinely ac‐cle safety from http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety.
quired during a crash investigation.
To read data recorded by an EDR, special
equipment is required, and access to the vehi‐
cle or the EDR is needed. In addition to the ve‐
hicle manufacturer, other parties, such as law
enforcement, that have the special equipment,
can read the information if they have access to
the vehicle or the EDR.
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