{"id":14158,"date":"2025-10-30T07:26:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T05:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/bmw-opel-recall-vehicles-in-sa-over-safety-concerns\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:26:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:26:47","slug":"bmw-opel-recall-vehicles-in-sa-over-safety-concerns","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/bmw-opel-recall-vehicles-in-sa-over-safety-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW, Opel recall vehicles in SA over safety concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BMW South Africa (SA) and Opel Astra SA are recalling a number of vehicles after identifying potential safety issues with seat belts and driver airbag inflators.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The National Consumer Commission (NCC) has confirmed it received recall notifications from both companies. According to the commission\u2019s Phetho Ntaba, BMW is recalling 75 vehicles, including 1 Series, 2 Series, X1, and X2 models, because one of the seat belts may not have been manufactured correctly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stellantis SA, which produces Opel vehicles, is recalling Astra H models made between 2004 and 2006 and Astra J models from 2009 to 2015. The recall is due to the driver\u2019s airbag inflator, which could rupture during deployment.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The NCC urged vehicle owners to act promptly if their car is affected. \u201cIt is imperative that consumers respond immediately when they discover their vehicles are part of a recall,\u201d Ntaba said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14159,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-14158","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"BMW South Africa (SA) and Opel Astra SA are recalling a number of vehicles after identifying potential safety issues","published_date":"2025-10-30 09:25:25","news_description":"BMW South Africa (SA) and Opel Astra SA are recalling a number of vehicles after identifying potential safety issues","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18945,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14158\/revisions\/18945"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=14158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}