2006 BMW 3 Series seat belts problems

Filed Oct 24, 2017 · Airbags, Seat belts · 130,000 miles · NC

Passenger restraint system fault. Received warning message when passenger sits in front seat. Light stays on most of time.

Filed Sep 14, 2017 · Airbags, Seat belts · 118,000 miles · TX

Getting a hard warning for "passenger restraint system malfunction". Apparently this has something to do with a sensor in the passenger seat going bad. This can cause injury or fatality as the passenger airbag will not deploy correctly. There has been a recall for this but my VIN was not included.

Filed Jun 18, 2016 · Airbags, Seat belts · CA

Faulty front passenger seat sensor mat always breaks

Filed Dec 22, 2014 · Airbags, Seat belts · 89,000 miles · IL · crash

The air bag and seatbelt sensor on the passenger side is on while driving the vehicle. The indicator lights are always on.

Filed Aug 12, 2014 · Airbags, Seat belts · 80,000 miles · VA

Car started showing "passenger restraint system malfunction". I researched the matter, and found that there is a recall. When I called bmw and gave them my VIN, they claimed that there is no recall. Almost every other bmw from that series/model was recalled and got the issue rectified under the recall. Please advise. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed May 13, 2014 · Airbags, Seat belts · 144,000 miles · CA

I am an owner of 2006 bmw 330i sedan with sports seat (manufacture date: 5/2005). Recently, the passenger airbag sensor became malfunction, and the passenger side airbag is indicated as 'passenger airbag off' as the result. After researching on the federal safety agency website, I noticed that this is a known issue, and bmw is issuing a recall on affected vehicles. However, in further reviewing the related documents on the federal safety agency website, although bmw has recalled 2006 330i sedan with sport seats, the manufacture date of the affected vehicles that are included in the recall are from dec 2005 to sept 2006, and because of this, it excludes my vehicle. With other complaints listed, it is clear that the same issue has impacted a lot of owners of 2006 330i sedan with sport seat prior to the manufacture date that bmw has specified on the recall. Due to this reason, the recall should have been considered to include earlier manufacture date of the model considered this is not an isolated issue.

Filed Jun 26, 2013 · Airbags, Seat belts · 115,500 miles · CA

The passenger seat belt/air bag light went on intermittently for months, finally the dealership was able to get the error code. It was confirmed that there is an issue with this and bmw has known about it since 2008. Per their website they were going to send out recall notices to owners, we never recieved anything. Bmw needs to make this right and fix the problem at no cost to owners.

Filed Mar 26, 2013 · Airbags, Seat belts · 61,500 miles · CA

For no reason the passenger and rear driver side seatbelt and airbag light came on while driving and stayed on forever. My 2006 bmw 325i has standard seat.

Filed Mar 6, 2012 · Airbags, Seat belts · 49,000 miles · PA

When a passenger sits in the front passenger seat the airbag failure light illuminates, the seat belt light illuminates and remains lit, and the passenger airbag off light illuminates. This is apparently due to micro-cracking in the passenger seat occupancy detection mat, however bmw only includes a small percentage of affected cars in the 2008 recall. Bmw na refuses to fix this safety defect for all 2006 build year 330i models with sport seats. The same seats which are affected by the identical issue for 2005 build year. It seems given the number of cars affected by the same issue that the defect was not corrected for the 2006 build year. This could result in the passenger airbag not deploying in a collision which is extremely dangerous.

Filed Mar 5, 2012 · Airbags, Seat belts · WV

The oc3 mat (passenger occupancy sensor mat) has failed. This issue, as described in more detail below (4.), involves the front passenger seat occupant detection mat of certain bmw vehicles, and has been the subject of the federal safety agency pe07-045 and ea08-001. In short, a fatigue failure of the mat can occur and would consequently lead to the deactivation of the front passenger air bags with exception of the head protection system. The air bag warning lamp as well as the passenger air bag "on-off" lamp would illuminate in such case. Bmw states that my vehicle does not fall under this recall since it was produced after 11/2005. Yet, the prognosis of the failure is exactly the same as of the recall.