Side/window Air Bag Problems of BMW 325 - part 2

Recall campaign no 14v-428 I received a recall letter from BMW in sept 2014 regarding front passenger side airbag. I have contacted my local BMW dealer a dozen times in the past 5 months but they keep telling me that the part is not available. They supposedly put me on a waiting list 3 months ago. However, they cannot tell me where I stand on the waiting list and for how much longer it may take.

I am writing you to tell you that I have a vehicle affected by the air bag recall - twice I have scheduled for replacement, twice the dealership has called me on the morning of the appointment to say the parts are not in stock. They are not apologetic, nor concerned for the urgency of this situation. I travel a very difficult route into the city - during rush hour - and have asked them to at least disconnect the bag for the passenger side. They refuse to do so. This evening the news reported that even drivers side airbags are being recalled. Why is this taking so long? do deaths and injuries have to top the hundred mark for car manufacturers and their representatives to get into high gear over this? the occasional news report just isn;t doing it -car dealers and manufacturers are responding in a very slow and seemingly unconcerned fashion. At least my BMW dealer is. Some help would be deeply appreciated.

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The contact owns a 2003 BMW 325i. The contact stated that the vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer to have repairs performed under NHTSA campaign number: 14v428000 (air bags). The contact noticed that the dealer did not complete the repair in which the left side of the dashboard was not flush. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer who stated that the repairs were completed and that the components shifted. The contact was also included in NHTSA campaign id number: 15v318000 (air bags) but the part needed was not available to remedy the repair. The dealer did not provide a date that the drivers side air bag module would become available. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was not available.

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Driver side air bag notification light began immediately after passenger side air bag mat was replaced by dealer. Because there was no recall for the driver side air bag, the dealer said it was not covered under the recall.

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Vehicle was struck on driver side by pickup truck darting out from intersecting side street. Truck was going aprox. 10-15 mph. BMW aprox. 20-25mph. This was a side t-bone collision, no side airbags deployed. BMW driver sustained minor injuries to head,face,chest,neck,shoulder. Substantial damage to BMW left side.

The contact owns a 2006 BMW 325i. The contact stated that the passenger's side air bag sensor mat was not detecting when the passenger's seat was occupied. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer and the manufacturer was made aware of the failure, who did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 08v384000 (front passenger seat occupant detection mat). The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 100,000 and the current mileage was 105,000.

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 NHTSA 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.

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.

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.

Passanger side air bag. Issue with airbag and seatbelt light coming on intermittently. But now it started to stay on and currently my passenger seat airbag is disabled. The mat sensors fail to function.

The contact owns a 2006 BMW 325xi. The contact stated that the front passenger's side air bag sensor light was illuminated and would illuminate if the passenger's seat was occupied or not. The contact notified the manufacturer of the defect and was informed that the vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign id number: 13v56400(air bags). The contact believed that the vehicle was experiencing the same defect as listed in the recall campaign. The vehicle was neither diagnosed nor repaired. The failure mileage was 82,000.

My 2003 BMW 325i sedan was t-boned on drivers side doors, and sent across the intersection and smashed into utility pole on rear passenger side with enough force to bend the frame. No side or curtain air bags deployed. Other driver ran a red light at about 40 mph and never hit the brakes. My head slammed to the top of the driver's door where an air bag should have been, causing swelling and numbness to this day. The door slammed into my entire left side where the air bag in the door should have been. I was wearing a seat belt. The car is totaled. BMW is sending an engineer to examine the car in a few days.

My 2006 BMW 525i passenger side airbag malfunction light came on and is a bad sensor in the seat. There has been a recall on this for other 2006 BMW's but mine is not included in this. It is the same problem as all of the other recalled ones. The NHTSA campaign id# is 08v384000. I believe the problem is more widespread than the ones recalled.

The contact owns a 2006 BMW 325i. The contact stated that the passenger side air bag warning lamp illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the front passenger side air bag sensor was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign id number: 08v384000 (air bags:frontal). The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 55,000 and the current mileage was 97,000.

The driver owned a 2002 BMW 325i. While driving approximately 45 mph a vehicle crashed into the front drivers side of the vehicle. The side air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was towed to an impound lot. A police report was filed. The driver of the vehicle was fatally injured and died on the scene. The vehicle was destroyed. The VIN was unavailable. The approximate failure mileage was 95,000.

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The contact owns a 2006 BMW 325i. The contact stated the passenger side air bag warning lamp illuminated indicating that the passenger air bag was not activated. The failure would occur whether the passenger seat was occupied or not. The contact located a recall for the failure under NHTSA campaign id number: 08v384000 (air bags: frontal) and the vehicle was taken to the dealer for repairs however, the vehicle was not included in the recall. The dealer then advised that there was a fracture in the passenger seat sensor mat that would need replacing. The manufacturer was contacted but would offer no assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 67,000.

I was driving my 2003 BMW 325xi when the driver side airbags deployed suddenly. I do not believe that I hit anything and I did not see any damage on the vehicle when I inspected the car after the deployment. BMW inspected the car and found some damage underneath the car and claimed that this damage caused the deployment. However, I am almost certain that this damage did not occur at the time of the deployment. BMW was not interested in further investigating my case and stuck with the conclusion that the minor damage found underneath the car caused the airbags to deploy.

My vehicle has the exact same problem that BMW recalled in the NHTSA campaign# 08v384000. The problem is with my front passenger airbag seat mat has cracked. This defect has already been verified by an authorized BMW dealer at my own cost. But for some reason, my vehicle in not one of the 200,000 vehicles in the official recall. So BMW refuses to take care of the problem. I filed a complaint with BMW na but they will not cover this problem. This is a safety issue because my passenger side airbag is now disabled permanently because of this defect.

Drove over a small pothole on a street, and the side and curtain airbags prematurely deployed on the passenger side. I had to order a new side airbag. I am still unable to order a curtain airbag. This is a big safety concern, as the airbags could have injured my passenger. The car has no body damage, and drives perfectly. I have a airbag signal on the dash.

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The passenger side curtain airbag on 2004 BMW 325i 4-door sedan went off while driving for no reason. No one was in the passenger seat, no impact to car, wheels, or anything. Traveling about 38 mph.

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The contact owns a 2001 BMW 325i. While driving approximately 65 mph on the freeway, the side curtain airbag on the passenger side suddenly deployed. The failure caused the engine to shut off in the middle of traffic. There was no impact or crash to trigger the airbag deployment. The dealer advised him to bring the vehicle to the dealer for a diagnosis at the contact's expense. He refused to pay for something that may have been a manufacturer defect. Through online research, the contact found numerous complaints that were identical to his failure and type of vehicle. The current and failure mileages were 63,000.

The contact owns a 2006 BMW 325i. The contact stated that the seat format sensors have failed making it impossible for the front passenger side air bag to deploy. The failure was repaired several times and was no longer covered by the warranty. The dealer repaired the failure. Updated 01/14/11 updated 04/19/11.

On 12/21/06, I was driving on a two-lane road when another driver lost control of his truck, his backend slid off the road and when the back tires gained traction, it shot his truck across his lane and into the side of my car with the front of his truck. His truck ended up damaging my car down the entire driver side (front to rear). My side impact air bags never deployed. My side mirror came through my window and struck me in the arm with glass impacting my left ear, eye and cheek as well as my mouth. The collision center cannot explain why the air bag never deployed. The car is still at the collision center with $10,000 worth of damage.

My wife was in a serious accident on 07/07/06. Her 2003 325i BMW was hit on the drivers side by a SUV that jumped over the median, totaling the car. We contacted BMW of north America and reported that none of the air-bags deployed. We are very concerned. We also to this date have not received any information from BMW.

I own a 2001 325 I BMW and the side and our air bags deployed while driving on the highway without being involved in any type of accident. Dealer ship does not want to replace the air bags unless we pay them.

Dt: the contact owns BMW and while driving down the highway both driver side air bags deploy and there was not an accident. The two air bags that deployed was one of the side above the window and the one at the arm rest. He contacted BMW and they want him to sign a statement pretty much telling him to keep his mouth shut and not to report the deployment or his injuries to anyone. If he signs the statement they told him they would give him a replacement car. The deployment of the air bag caused injury to the driver of the vehicle and he says this is a safety problem that he wanted to report.

While driving 30 mph over an bump in the road passenger's side air bag deployed inadvertently. No injuries reported.

Inadvertent deployment of my driver side airbags. I was driving on highway at approximately 50 mph (due to rain) and my airbags deployed. I was able to safely pull over to side of road. Tire was blown out and there was some damage to bottom of car from debris, but it is unclear if blowout and debris damage happened before or after airbag deployment. Either way, there was no impact with any object that should have caused this deployment. My car has not been driven for nearly 4 weeks now and it should have only needed a tire replacement. Any other damages could have been fixed in my own time, but car is not drivable b/c of airbag deployment and repair costs are very high.

After hitting a pot hole the passenger door air bag and passenger window air bag deployed, we are now left with the expense of replacing them on a leased car? or at the least paying the deductible on our insurance?.

Takata recall first the passenger side airbag was recalled, after waiting over one year, it was removed and replaced. Now the driver's airbag has been recalled. We responded immediately. We have been waiting for over two years! no contact, no replacement. We continue to live in peril of the lethal deployment of the defective airbag and BMW just says wait?.

Side-airbags deployed unecessarily causing arm injury (bruise, abrasion/bleeding, elbow/neck/wrist ache). I ran over a bump on the road with no accident or impact. San antonio, texas service advisor has confirmed no damage seen to justify deployment.

While driving 60 mph the driver door side air bag unexpectedly deployed. The consume r noticed the passenger side tires had a small orange size bubble in each tire. (the consumer didn't hit anything and there was nothing in the road) as a result of the unexpected air bag deployment, the consumer suffered hearing loss.

Driver side air bag and the window air bag deployed without cause.

Passenger side deployed while no pasenger was riding. Smart intelligence airbag failed to function. Relate to a previous complaint, air bag deployed while driving on highway 30mph,. Causing driver lose control of vehicle, no additonal passenger. Note: airbag should not deploy on the passenger side if no one is riding. The intelligence airbag system only activates airbag when there is a person sitting there--clearly a defect, unlike BMW's pervoius claim that there is no problem, or previous recalls.

On September 15th, 8:20pm est my passenger side air bag deployed without getting involved in an accident. I have a 325 ci, production date August 1st, 2000. I was going off an exit ramp when the car ran over the "cat eye" stone dividers on the road (those stone dots, about . 5 inch height). My right side air bag deployed at the same time the emergency light went off and the car shut off by itself. I was in a ramp so this incidence caused me to lose the power in a term. My power break stopped working and I had to pull the hand break to stop the car. My lawyers have suggested me to contact Bmwna first to address this issue. But I have found a recall on 323/328 cars for the exact same problem. I am glad no body was hurt in this incidence. The car has no dent on door or any body damage beside the tire and the rims were chipped/dented due to the result that I had to pull over so fast onto the club to avoid on coming traffic. I am addressing this concern because I hope your company will start investigate this problem to avoid any future accidents.