2007 MINI Cooper S airbags problems

Filed Aug 26, 2019 · Airbags · 52,000 miles · MI

Passenger seat mat occupancy sensor/pad has gone bad again after the recall.*dt safety recall report xxx-xxx 'parts of this document have been redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).'

Filed Jun 8, 2017 · Airbags · 29,500 miles · CA · crash · 1 injury

Car crash may 30, 2017, driver's air bag did not deploy causing great bodily injury to driver.. Driver was traveling 25 MPH in town at around 10:30 a.m.. Driver had a stroke, passed out, crossed over to opposite side of road and hit an unoccupied parked car. That car hit another parked vehicle and chain reaction left four cars in the accident. State farm or gene's auto body shop have photos.

Filed Sep 27, 2016 · Airbags · 120,000 miles · VA

Passenger airbag light is erratic, sometimes it works, most times not.

Filed Aug 9, 2016 · Airbags · 39,000 miles · HI

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 mini cooper s. While driving 20 MPH, the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the front passenger side mat sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The contact was aware of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v205000 (air bags). The failure mileage was 39,000.

Filed Jun 28, 2016 · Airbags, Electrical · 98,000 miles · HI

2007 mini cooper s, hatchback. The passenger airbag (off) light, indicating the passenger airbag is disarmed, is on at all times regardless of passenger. Additionally, the dashboard warning lights for my airbag system and seatbelt are illuminated at all times. The codes identified by the mini dealership in honolulu indicate the passenger seat occupancy sensor has a fault. Looking under the seat, it could be a faulty wiring harness or faulty connecter as they appear vulnerable to seat movement forward or backwards. The mini dealership also stated the obnoxiously expensive part was on national back-order.

Filed Apr 26, 2016 · Airbags · 69,721 miles · KY

The passenger seat air bag light is illuminated and cannot be reset due to a faulty occupation sensor. According to the service technician this will cause the air bag to malfunction if an accident were to occur. This is a common problem with these cars and costs over $1000 to repair and is not covered by the manufacturer.

Filed Feb 1, 2016 · Airbags · NJ

My vehicle is a 2007 mini cooper s. The yellow "passenger airbag off" light on the overhead console is always on. The airbag light and the buckle light are always on. These lights are on regardless whether there is a front passenger. The car was never in any kind of accidents and the airbags were never deployed. I bought the car used in nov 2013 and the lights came on permanently during early 2015. As I found out recently, a faulty airbag sensor is a very serious safety issue. These days and the past year, without knowing the danger of a faulty airbag sensor, I have been driving my wife and sometime my mother around. I can not imagine involving in an accident with someone sitting on the passenger seat. I hope bmw/mini can address this issue asap.

Filed Dec 23, 2015 · Airbags · 125,000 miles · CO

Airbag light will not go out, all these [xxx] mini coopers have problems with airbags, this is pretty important...mini wants $1500 to repair a known issue...how many people need to die before mini is forced to do the right thing and repair these [xxx] cars????????????????? Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Sep 8, 2015 · Airbags, Electrical · 78,000 miles · WA

Air bag light turned on. Performed a fault survey and found there is 1 related fault code in the mrs control unit. Passenger seat occupancy sensor, not currently present, occurred 12 times. Need to replace the seat occupancy sensor and re program the mrs control unit. Total replacement cost: $1,164.47 called mini headquarters and was told there was no warranty or recall for my specific car. However, they told me that the 2005, 2006 mini cooper had a recall for the seat sensor. This is a major problem and should be recalled for the 2007 model as well.

Filed Aug 22, 2015 · Airbags · 62,000 miles · CO

Front passenger air bag detection mat became inoperable at about 60,000 miles. My car is mfg 4 months outside of the recall time frame yet this very same mfg date is well within the "convertible models" recall date. I feel the "non-convertible models" recall time frame should be re-evaluated because there are too many of us with this very same problem. When I took my car to mini to be fixed they told me they've seen many vehicles outside of the official recall dates with this problem.