Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mini cooper. The contact stated that the front passenger seat no longer detected that a passenger was occupying the seat. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the front passenger seat occupant detection mat failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred numerous times. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 85,000.
2006 MINI Cooper airbags complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mini cooper. The contact stated that the air bag warning light illuminated continuously. The vehicle was serviced under the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v20500 (air bags) but the remedy failed to repair the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mini cooper. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v205000 (air bags) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mini cooper. The contact received a recall notification for the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v205000 (air bags) and stated that the part needed was unavailable to perform the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Updated 11/09/15
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mini cooper. The contact received a recall notification for the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v205000 (air bags) and stated that the part needed was unavailable to perform the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mini cooper. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v205000 (air bags) however, the part to do the repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time to provide the part to do the repair. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mini cooper. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v205000 (air bags) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. The VIN was not available.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mini cooper. The contact received a notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v205000 (air bags) however, the remedy and recall part were not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mini cooper. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v205000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. The VIN was not available.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mini cooper. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v205000 (air bags) and stated that the parts needed for the recall repair were not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mini cooper. The contact stated that the passenger side seat belt warning light and the air bag disabled light illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. In april 2015, the recall notice for the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v205000 (air bags) was received. After contacting the dealer and the manufacturer on multiple occasions, the contact was informed that the parts needed to repair the vehicle were still not available and no estimated time for receiving the parts could be given. The failure mileage was 100,000. Ma 10/5 updated 10/06/15*lj
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mini cooper. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v205000 (air bags) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.updated 10/19/15 *bf
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mini cooper. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the front passenger seat occupant detection mat sensor failed. The vehicle was not repaired. In june of 2015, the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v205000 (air bags) was received. After contacting both the dealer and the manufacturer, the contact was informed that the parts needed to repair the vehicle were not available. The failure mileage was 80,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mini cooper. When the vehicle was powered on, the air bag warning indicator was consistently illuminated. The failure recurred each time the vehicle was started. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and was not diagnosed. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v205000 (air bags); however, the part needed to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.
Air bag sensor in the detection mat of the passenger's front seat does not recognize passenger . The air bag light for the passenger in the front panel is intermittent, putting at risk of not deploying the air bag during an accident. The light will come up even when I have a purse on the seat or with a full grown adult (over 150 pounds). I recently called 2 local mini dealers in southern california (july 2015) regarding this and both stated the same: that they have not received the spare part required for this recall and cannnot perform until mini provides them with an authorization letter. Called immediately the mini customer service line for recalls (1‑866‑825‑1525) to find out when this will be solved since this has been on ongoing issue since mid 2014. Mini's customer service representative stated that we needed to wait until a new re-design of this sensor in the detection mat is available from them in order to provide this spare part to the dealers. In the meantime, we are putting at risk any passenger who will ride in our cars for an issue that has been known by mini for over a year!
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mini cooper. The contac stated that the air bag warning light illuminated. The contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v205000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 3,500. Updated 10/27/15.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mini cooper. The contact received a recall notice for the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v205000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. The VIN was not available.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mini cooper. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the passenger side air bag sensor light illuminated. The cause of the failure was not diagnosed or repaired. In addition, the contact received notification of the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v205000 (air bags) in june of 2015. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where the contact was informed that the parts needed to remedy the failure would not be available until august of 2015. The failure mileage was 70,000.
The airbag light is malfunctioning on my mini cooper s convertible. It says on the mini cooper compliant list there is an issue. The dealer says its a seat problem, requiring 1,800.00 for a new seat. This site shows 14 other cars with the same issue. I don't know if the airbag will truly work if I was in an accident. No recall has be issued as of 5-28-2015. Please help us get this fixed.
Passenger seat airbag warning light illuminated and remains on. Inspection is due 5/31/2015 so I had it diagnosed by mini dealer. Diagnosis was a fault in the sensor system in a module located in the dashboard, behind the glove box - repair cost, $2,000+. They said they had never before experienced a failure in this part. To my understanding, this is not related to the recall in process, which has to do with the sensor in the seat itself (which I have already replaced, december 2012.).
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mini cooper. The contact stated that the air bag warning lamp continued to flicker off and on even though the front passenger seat was occupied. The authorized dealer was notified of the failure several months ago and the vehicle was not repaired. The contact was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 15v205000 (air bags). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 23,000. Updated 5/26/15*cn updated 05/29/15
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mini cooper. The contact stated that the frontal passenger air bag warning light remained illuminated. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 45,000.
Air bag warning light (passenger side) on the dashboard came on intermittently at first and now stays on all of the time, regardless if someone is sitting in the passenger seat or not. Took the vehicle to the local mini dealer (international autos, milwaukee, wi) and was told that there was a "faulted air bag oc3 mat" that could be repaired/replaced for $1163.00. As this was an obvious safety issue unrelated to the age or accumulated mileage on the vehicle, I felt that mini USA should authorize a no-cost repair or, at a minimum, provide a replacement part(s) at no cost. The cost to remedy other wear-related issues noted during the inspection of the vehicle are clearly my responsibility. A subsequent phone conversation with mini USA on 01/27/2015 disclosed that, while this was an legitimate vehicle safety issue, they did not feel that this was their responsibility and that I should pay the entire amount necessary to repair this vehicle defect.
I noticed that the airbag light in the passenger side came on, I kept an eye on it and at first it would go on and off. Then it got worse, it would go on and off when I would hit a bump in the road. Now its always on, I researched this issue and I found this site w/over 130 complaints on it. I see that bmw had the same issue and did a recall of all airbag issues. Mini is made by bmw why would they not cover any year that has the same airbag problem. I'm a teenager and can't afford to fix the issue that's approx $1,500-2,000. Or do I wait till my friend or someone gets seriously hurt, or even worse dies from this problem. For bmw and the cost of their cars this is small potatoes for them. For me to fix it mind as well be a million dollars, or the cost of a friend or family member..god forbid!!! If there's this many complaints then shouldn't the manufacturer be held responsible? They had a recall until 05, obviously the problem still cont. Into 06 and should be recalled and repaired. They made the car, so I guess they also made the mistake..can someone please take some responsibility.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mini cooper. The contact stated that the passenger seat air bag light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the air bag seat sensor needed to be replaced. No repairs were made to the vehicle. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 63,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mini cooper. The contact stated that the passenger side air bag warning light continuously illuminated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 80,000.
The passenger air bag sensor went on in my mini cooper. I noticed this seems to be a common issue. I also had to replace the steering components in the mini cooper, which again seems to be a common issue. I am concerned regarding all the air bag recalls, but at 1,7k to replace the entire seat; that is quite a burden upon a tight budget. I just wanted to use this website as a place where I have documented these issues, so that if there is a insurance claim down the road, because of these faulty issue, I have a documented complaint.
The air bag warning light came on for the passenger side seat. The bmw dealer said that the seat sensor was faulty.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 mini cooper. The contact stated that the air bag indicator illuminated when the front passenger seat was occupied. The failure occurred multiple times. The dealer was unable to locate the cause of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was notified. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000.
Right seat air bag occupancy pad sensor causes airbag light to stay on. The sensor has been tested and is inoperative. Bmw has a recall for all their vehicles with the same sensor. Mini cooper needs to be held accountable for this faulty design and have to replace the occupancy seat sensor at no cost to the owners. This repair cost around $1300.00. If this is not repaired it could prevent the air bags from deploying.
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