If the 2017/2019 PCV valve heater recall was a PR disaster for BMW, the 2015 Takata airbag recall was an even bigger one. By the time BMW decided to act on the advice of Takota and recall every single vehicle with a potentially explosive Takata airbag, eight people had already died. In its recall notice, BMW claimed to be unaware of any injures or deaths in its vehicles as a result of the problem.