Tl* the contact owns a 2006 bmw 325xi. The contact stated that the front passenger's side air bag sensor light was illuminated indicating the passenger air bag was disabled. The contact stated the sensor would illuminate if the passenger seat was occupied or not. The contact notified the manufacturer of the defect and was informed that the vehicle was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number: 13v56400(air bags). The contact indicated the vehicle had experienced the same defect listed in the recall. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 60,000.
2006 BMW 325XI airbags complaints
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When a person sits in the front passenger seat, the dashboard air bag light lights up. Also the ceiling mounted warning light lights up, stating, "passenger airbag off." my understanding is that, if the vehicle would be involved in a collision and had a passenger in the front seat, the airbag would not deploy.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 bmw 325xi. The contact stated that the air bag and seat belt warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnosis. The mechanic stated there was a front passenger air bag malfunction and referred the contact to the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 51,000.
Air bag and passenger seat belt indicator on center dash cluster lit up during normal driving. Took car to dealership for repair and was told the air bag seat mat was bad and needed to be replaced. Also told that repair would cost $900. Decided to eat cost as it is a major safety issue as air bags will not deploy during a crash. Total cost for repairs: qty 1 part# 52-10-7-244-127 basic seat u 1 cost $385.10 , qty 2 part# 52-20-1-964-201 clip 13 cost $3.84 , qty 35 part# 52-10-945-543 clamp 134 cost $$22.40. Total parts=$411.34 ; total labor=$554.60, total bill for repair=$965.94. I would not mind if this would be the end of the issue, but it is not. I picked up the car from daniels bmw of allentown on june 14 2013, and today (june 21, 2013) the issue came back. 7 days after I had the car repaired for the issue, the exact same issue reappeared. This is a major concern of mine as the front passenger seat of my car is almost always in use by myself or my spouse. After doing a bit of reading on bmw online forums, I see that there is a recall for the exact sensor mat as installed in my car, for almost all other seats containing the exact seat mat, but not for my car, and others like me. I have gone onto the bmw na website and did a recall search for my car and found that the recall does not apply to my car. This is a major safety issue for bmw and they should stand behind their product and repair all seats affected without question. I will be taking my car back to daniels bmw of allentown for courtesy repair and hopefully they will replace...again....the broken mat for free. Hopefully this will not be the beginning of an ongoing recurring issue.
The red passenger-side air bag and seat belt lights come on and stay on, whether or not anyone is sitting in the passenger seat. My bmw dealer has told me this means the passenger airbags are deactivated and this is a common occurrence caused by a faulty sensor.
The red passenger-side air bag and seat belt lights come on and stay on, whether or not anyone is sitting in the passenger seat. Bmw has told me it will cost $1,300 to replace, yet it seems from other complaints here and from other online forums that the mat sensor causing this problem was defectively manufactured.
I started my car that morning and the airbag/seatbelt sensor light came on even though my seatbelt was fastened. I fastened the passenger seat belt to see if that was it but it stayed on. I took the car to the bmw dealership in augusta, ga and they charged me $120 to check it. They stated it would cost $530 to repair it. I decided to check if there was a recall and I see that this is a common complaint about these vehicles. Other vehicles within the year model have been included in a recall but 325xi have been excluded. Since the same malfunction of the same item is happening, it should be recalled on 325xi as well.
No accident ever occurred, but the vehicle developed a passenger airbag problem. I eventually had it fixed for about $1100 -- the sensor in the passenger seat had to be replaced, or else the passenger airbag would not deploy in an accident. Other 3-series in that year received free replacements of the defect, but when they ran my VIN, they said my car didn't qualify. Seeing as it apparently has the same problem as these other cars, I'm not sure what the distinction is, as it is a serious safety issue.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 bmw 325xi. The contact stated that the passenger air bag seat mat sensor was defective. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the occupant air sensor was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and offered to pay for the defective part. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 45,000 and the current mileage was 70,000. Updated 03/20/13*lj updated 04/12/2013
Airbag light stays on, there are many that have the same issue and bmw has an active safety campaign 08v‑384 but owners are being told that the VIN is not effective, thus it is not covered. Yet, when you ask the dealership what VIN is covered, they do not know. Contacted bmw corporate office and was told they are not able to search any other bmw except the VIN that I can provide. Would it be possible to obtain all the VIN that are effected under recall 08v‑384? I just hope no one gets seriously injured in an accident just because the air bags did not deploy. I bought this car for it's safety standards and now will have compromise or spend $1400 to have it repaired.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 bmw 325xi. The contact stated that while parked the contact noticed the air bag light illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to a mechanic for diagnostic testing. The mechanic stated the seat sensor mat would have to be replaced. There was a recall under the federal safety agency campaign id number: 08v384000 (air bags:frontal) that may be related to the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated the VIN was not included in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 104,000.
Passenger airbags sensors come on and off, seat belt light on with passenger in car.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 bmw 325xi. The contact started the ignition and noticed that both the air bag and seat belt warning indicators were illuminated. The failure would also occur when driving at various speeds. The warning lights remained illuminated until the engine was turned off. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnosis and they detected the malfunction was contributed to the front passenger seat sensor mat. There was a recall related to the defect under the federal safety agency campaign id number 08v384000 (air bags: frontal). The manufacturer was notified and they informed the contact that the VIN was not included in the recall defect. The vehicle had not been repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000.
The passenger seat occupancy detection module is faulty in our car. It was officially diagnosed by a bmw dealer on 20 feb 2012. We are being told that our car's production time falls 1 month out of the previous recall on these same parts (the federal safety agency action number ea080001). Bmw is refusing to fix it.
Air bag sign keeps going on/off. There was a recall 08v‑384 but bmw is saying my vehicle was out of the build window. I have the same issue as the federal safety agency recall campaign number: 08v384000 (the federal safety agency action number: ea08001).
At first, it was intermittant, the passanger seat belt/air bay signal would display even though no one was in the passenger seat. Then, signal was on all the time. Mechanic found a bad part oc3 matt. Had it not been replaced, the airbag would not have worked on the passenger side.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 bmw 325xi. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for an unrelated repair when it was discovered that the front passenger sensor mat was defective and could result to the air bag failing to deploy. There was a recall pertaining to only the 3 series sport model under the federal safety agency campaign id number 08v384000 (air bags: frontal). The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified and stated that the owner was responsible for the repair expenses. The approximate failure mileage was 32,400. Updated 02/14/12*lj updated 02/22/12
My car was having the passenger restraint malfunction displayed on the screen and it was intermittently on and off for a long time but recently the fault is constantly on doesn't matter what I do even when I have the passenger or not. This is a safety issue so searched to understand it better and found the federal safety agency campaign id number: 08v384000 for the recall of the passenger seat mat defect which covers my car but for some reason I've contacted the bmw dealer where I bought my car from to see if I can get it fixed based on the recall for free of charge but the dealer told me that I car is not covered even though my car is one of defected car based on manufacturing date. The cost of the mat replacement is over $1000, I think bmw should fix my car for free since this is a safety recall issue. Please have bmw to include my car in the recall list.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 bmw 325xi. The contact started the ignition and the front passenger air bag off warning indicator was illuminated. The passenger seat was not occupied. There was a recall under the federal safety agency campaign id number 08v384000 (air bags: frontal). The manufacturer was notified and they informed the contact that the VIN was not included in the recall. The vehicle had not been repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 33,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 bmw 325xi. The contact was driving 30 MPH when the front passenger side air bag warning light illuminated, indicating that the air bag was off. In addition, there was a second air bag warning light illuminated. The contact was informed of the federal safety agency campaign id number: 08v384000, in which the vehicle was excluded. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the air bag sensor was replaced using the same remedy as described in the recall, despite the vehicle being excluded. The failure mileage was 43,000 and the current mileage was 50,000. Updated 10/05/11
I am very frustrated as I own a 2006 bmw 325xi with approx 55k miles and have a passenger seat airbag malfunction. At this time the passenger airbag is deactivated all the time. This is something that has a recall but it is VIN specific and my vehicle isn't included. If a quick internet search is performed there are many forums where people have this same exact issue and they are not included in the recall. The recall describes my problem verbatim but I am not covered. This is a safety issue because my passenger airbags will not deploy if there was a crash. They would not deploy because the sensor in the seat is bad and was admittedly a poor design. I don't think consumers should be on the hook to fix such a crucial feature such as airbags or any part with a bad design that could mean life or death. I have already spent more time on this than I should have been required to. I talked to mechanics and they couldn't tell me why one was covered and another one not as they are exactly the same sensor. I would assume more complaints are not made because of the time required to do so and most people just take their vehicles to the dealer and pay the price. Especially most bmw owners. I have been around and working on vehicles my whole life and very seldom take a vehicle to a shop for repair. I research everything I do and my research has shown me this is a known issue and it should not cost me any money.
Front passenger air bag warning light illuminates and warning signals sound every time a passenger sits in the front passenger seat, regardless of occupant size. This results in the passenger air bag being deactivated. This has been reported to bmw of fort myers (two occasions in person in 2009 and 2010) and bmw (via their online customer email system two times in 2010 and 2011). Neither party is willing to check the system or repair it even though the federal safety agency website indicates (1) bmw recalled 200,000 vehicles with this issue and (2) bmw has extended the warranty to 10 years without any mileage limit. I need the federal safety agency's assistance in getting bmw to review and fix this issue similarly to the hundreds of thousand of other cars they have recalled.
Damaged airbag sensor mat on front passenger seat that disables the airbag from deploying on the passenger side when the front passenger seat is occupied. This is a common problem, that bmw only recalled 200,000 in 2008. Very costly and dangerous.
In my 2006 bmw 325xi, the air bag warning light, the seatbelt restraint warning light, and the overhead passenger airbag off light are sometimes all on even if an adult is sitting in the passenger seat. This is the same problem that's described in the passenger mat occupancy sensor recall/extended warranty but bmw says the recall/extended warranty is VIN specific and my car is not covered. My car is out of warranty. I took it to the bmw dealer and paid a $130 diagnosis fee. They told me that the passenger mat occupancy sensor is faulty and needs to be replaced for an additional $1350. I declined and my service advisor offered me a $130 discount. I declined that too. Bmw should fix for this for no charge because a) it's the same problem as in the recall/extended, and b) it's a safety issue. If I have an accident with an adult in the passenger seat, the air bag may not deploy and it could result in serious injuries. Why is bmw not held accountable for this defect?
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