I drove my car over a very minuscule crack in the road at an extremely low speed as I was making a turn and the passenger side airbag deployed. The car did not have a passenger at the time but the explosion of the airbag simultaneously blocked my view of the right side window while I was making a turn, put me into a state of shock and cut all power from my car. I was very lucky to have been the only person in the car while this happened and I was also fortunate enough to not have crashed into anything while my life was put in such severe danger from the state of chaos this airbag caused. I called bmw north america and they had stated that even though there is a recall for the passenger side airbag matching my car's VIN number, they said that the recall only covers the passenger side front airbag and not the side airbag!
2004 BMW 3 Series airbags complaints
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I received a recall notice dated september 2014 from bmw regarding a defect in the front passenger airbag. I called my local dealer in ft myers fl on 10/28/14 to set up an appointment to get the repair done. I was told the part was out of stock and asked to leave my name and phone number and I would receive a call when it became available. Since I did not hear from the dealer I decided to follow up and called them on january 8, 2015. I was told the part was out of stock. The woman said they only receive small quantities at a time. Again, I was asked to leave my name and phone number and would be called when the part was restocked. How can bmw send out a recall notice asking you to call immediately to have the necessary repair performed as soon as possible when they don't supply the dealer with the part? I expected more from bmw. I certainly hope they do something to rectify the problem and expedite the repair!
I received a recall notice months ago and bmw has yet to be able to replace airbag!! I drive across country twice a year and have already made the trip once since the recall notice. What can be done to get bmw to take action?? I can't believe they still have "no parts and a long backlog of people waiting" after all this time.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 bmw 3 series. The contact received a notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 14v428000 (air bags) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The VIN was not available. The contact had not experienced a failure. Updated 01/13/15
No in passenger seat when starting the car and the passenger air bag lamp was illuminated on dashboard. Turned car off and then back on and the light was off. Went about 15 feet and the light came back on. Turns on and off with or without anyone in the seat. Bmw representative stated recall id# 81074 did not relate to my VIN.
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