general problems of the 2004 BMW 325 - part 2

104 problems related to air bag have been reported for the 2004 BMW 325. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2004 BMW 325 based on all problems reported for the 2004 325.

36 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 09/01/2015

2004 BMW 325i. Consumer writes in regards to replacement parts not available to repair driver side front airbag module recall 15v-318. The consumer stated it has been over a year, since the recall first went out.

37 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 08/01/2015

Tl- the contact owns a BMW 325xi. The contact received notification of nhsta campaign number :15v318000(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 failure. The dealer informed the contact that BMW had only been shipping parts to two states. The vehicle had not experienced a failure. Kh.

38 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 07/20/2015

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2004 BMW 325ci. The contact received a recall notification for the air bags; however, the part needed to perform 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 NHTSA campaign number was unknown. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

39 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 07/18/2015

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2004 BMW 325xi. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v318000 (air bags). The part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

40 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 07/15/2015

Tl-the contact owns a 2004 BMW 325i. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number:15v318000 (air bags) however, the part to do the repairs was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The contact had not experience a failure. Ng.

41 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 07/15/2015

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2004 BMW 325i. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v318000 (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 notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts are unavailable.

42 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 07/15/2015

Tl-the contact owns a 2004 BMW 325xi. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v318000 (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. VIN tool confirms parts not available. Ss.

43 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 07/14/2015

Tl-the contact owns a 2004 BMW 325i. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v318000 (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 made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Ad.

44 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 07/14/2015

The contact owns a 2004 BMW 325ci. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v318000 (air bags) however, the part needed to perform 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. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

45 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 07/13/2015

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2004 BMW 325i. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v318000 (air bags). The dealer was unable to supply the part from the manufacturer for several months. The manufacturer was unable to provide a time frame that the part would be supplied to the dealer. The contact was not experiencing a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

46 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 07/13/2015

Safety recall for diver-side front air bag was received July 2015. Called for a repair service appointment each month since receiving letter. To date have been told by dealership that BMW does not have the parts available. Have not had any issues but very disconcerting to drive an unsafe vehicle where serious injury or death can occur. BMW should be more responsive to the safety recall and it customers wellbeing.

47 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 07/13/2015

Tl- takata recall. The contact owns a 2004 BMW 325i. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 14v428000 (air bags), 15v318000 (air bags) and the dealer was unable to indicate when the parts would become available to receive the recall repairs for several months. The contact did not receive notification of NHTSA campaign number: 11v438000 (exterior lighting) and was to check with the manufacturer to determine when the recall repairs would be scheduled by the dealer. The contact was not experiencing a failure. Parts distribution disconnect. VIN tool confirms parts not available. Parts distribution disconnect. Dyd.

48 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 07/12/2015

The contact owns a 2004 BMW 325ci. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v286000 (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 unknown.

49 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 07/11/2015

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2004 BMW 325xi. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v318000 (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. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

50 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 07/06/2015

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2004 BMW 325ci. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v318000 (air bags) however, the part for the recall was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced the failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

51 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 07/01/2015

The contact owns a 2004 BMW 325ci. The contact stated that the recall notice for NHTSA campaign number: 15v318000 (air bags) was received in July of 2015. 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 VIN was invalid. The contact had not experienced a failure.

52 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 07/01/2015

The contact owns a 2004 BMW 325xi. The contact received a recall notice for the air bags in July of 2015. 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 VIN and NHTSA campaign number were unknown. The contact had not experienced a failure.

53 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 06/15/2015

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2004 BMW 325i. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v318000(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 made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

54 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 06/01/2015

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2004 BMW 325ci. The contact received a notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v318000 (air bag) however, the part for the recall was not available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

55 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 06/01/2015

Takata recall- the contact owns a 2004 BMW 325xi. The contact stated that the recall notice for NHTSA campaign number: 15v318000 (air bags) was received in June of 2015. 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 contact had not experienced a failure. The VIN was not available.

56 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 05/28/2015

Tl- air bags recall. The contact owns a 2004 BMW 325ci. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign id number: 15v318000 (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. Parts distribution disconnect. Fe.

57 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 05/27/2015

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2004 BMW 325ci. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v318000 (air bags) and stated that the part was not available within a reasonable time frame to schedule the recall repair. The dealer did not give a specific date for when the part would become available. The manufacturer could not provide an estimated date for when the vehicle would receive the recall repair. The contact was not experiencing a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

58 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 05/27/2015

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2004 BMW 325i. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v318000 (air bags); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

59 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 05/27/2015

Takata air bag recall - on may 27th, 2015 a recall to fix my make and model of BMW was issued. To date the manufacturer has not provided the repair parts necessary. It has been 9 months since the recall was issued. Why hasn't more pressure been put on takata and BMW to complete these repairs?.

60 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 05/19/2015

Received notice of recall 15v-318: driver-side front airbag dated July 2015. As-of June 22, 2016 the manufacturer is not able to repair this defect. A delay of this length for a potentially fatal manufacturing defect is unacceptable. Can I have the airbag disabled while it is a danger?.

61 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 05/19/2015

The contact owns a 2004 BMW 325xi. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v313000 (air bags); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

62 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 05/15/2015

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2004 BMW 325i. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v318000 (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 made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

63 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 05/13/2015

Tl- the contact owns a 2004 BMW 325i. The contact received notification of nhsta campaign number :15v318000 (air bag)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 vehicle had not experienced a failure. Kh.

64 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 05/07/2015

The contact owns a 2004 BMW 325i. The contact stated that the vehicle was included in an air bag recall. The contact scheduled an appointment with the local dealer. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred after leaving the dealer. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The NHTSA campaign number was unknown. The failure mileage was 120,000.

65 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 04/15/2015

Tl-the contact owns a 2004 BMW 325i. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 14v428000 (air bags) however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact states that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Ed.

66 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 04/01/2015

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2004 BMW 325i. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign numbers: 15v318000 (air bags) and 14v428000 (air bags) however, the parts to do the repairs were unavailable. The manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repairs. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

67 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/18/2015

No incident but they are not attempting to fix the recall in a reasonable time for the front air bags. I have been contacting area BMW dealers for almost a year now without one call saying they have the parts or availability to get my car in. So I am forced to trade in.

68 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/11/2015

The contact owns a 2004 BMW 325i. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 14v428000 (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 not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.

69 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/06/2015

Passenger-side side-curtain airbag deployed without provocation. The car was not in a collision of any kind. I do not recall any road surface irregularity. The incident occured on I-95 in maryland.

70 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 02/26/2015

The contact owns a 2004 BMW 325ci. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 14v428000 (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 recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of issue. The contact had not experienced a failure.



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