2007 MINI Cooper S: airbag warning light

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 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 Jun 19, 2015 · Airbags · 64,000 miles · CA

At any given speed or condition the passenger side airbag warning light illuminates, meaning that the airbag may not deploy in a crash . In some instances the lights will disappear, but at other times the lights are illuminated continuously. It is of great concern that this part has been recalled as a defective part, but because my production date is merely one month off there is no relief . It seems concerning that there may be a number of these unsafe vehicles on the road, but given the delay to include them in the recall, many lives may unknowingly be at risk.

Filed Jun 3, 2015 · Airbags · 75,000 miles · GA

After codes are cleared on car, there is no warning indicator light illuminated as long as no passengers sit in the passenger seat. Once a passenger sits in the seat, following the code clearing, then the airbag warning light and the seat belt warning lights are illuminated permanently.

Filed May 15, 2015 · Airbags · 73,000 miles · IN

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 mini cooper s. The contact stated that the air bag light illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and it was determined that the passenger side air bag may not deploy in case of a crash; however, the technician was unable to provide a reason for the failure. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was 73,000.

Filed Apr 20, 2015 · Airbags · 40,500 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 mini cooper s. While driving at approximately 35 MPH, the air bag warning indicator illuminated continuously. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or diagnosed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 40,500. Updated 7/10/15*cn updated 07/16/15.

Filed Nov 12, 2014 · Airbags, Seat belts · 80,000 miles · CA

When passengers or items were placed on the passenger seat the seatbelt and airbag warning lights would illuminate on the dash, but would go out after passenger or items were removed, and/or seatbelt was fastened. As of now both the airbag warning and seatbelt warning lights are illuminated, at all times, on the dash and will not return to normal state whether seatbelt is fastened or not. The airbag safety system is now disabled under normal driving operation due to these failures (airbag/seatbelt not ready state).

Filed Aug 7, 2014 · Airbags · 100,000 miles · MD

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 mini cooper s. The contact stated that the driver side air bag indicator illuminated. The dealer repaired the vehicle, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was notified. The failure mileage was 100,000.