Front Seat Head Restraint problems of the 2011 BMW 335

Four problems related to front seat head restraint have been reported for the 2011 BMW 335. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Front Seat Head Restraint problem

Failure Date: 01/20/2018

Intermittent fault on passenger restraint system affecting passenger airbag and belt tensioner. My car was not included in the recall for earlier e90 models with the sport seats. First fault occurred with approximately 118,000 miles on the car and has happened occasionally for the last 10,000 miles. Fault code 0093c3.

2 Front Seat Head Restraint problem

Failure Date: 02/02/2017

I have a passenger restraint system fault affecting airbag, belt tensioner.

3 Front Seat Head Restraint problem

Failure Date: 08/01/2016

Passenger restraint system malfunction - notice started popping up at random now is on all the time without a passenger. Have been told there is no recall, but the same issue has been identified on all BMW sports seats from years 2006 and 2008, noticing complaints of the same issue for 2012 issues posted online as well. Previous issue was for a cracked sensor in the seat. Not happy that BMW has had this issue and will not review possible reoccurrence in newer models then 2008.

4 Front Seat Head Restraint problem

Failure Date: 07/31/2016

I have a passenger restraint system fault affecting airbag, belt tensioner. My car has sport seats that have been recalled in a previous campaign due to the seat mat sensor failure. My car was not included in the recall. BMW quoted me a replacement seat mat using the same recalled product from 2013 and 2006. My car currently has a seat belt malfunction code and the seat mat sensor is defective. This went defective at 84,000 miles on the car. As a result, the airbags will not deploy in a crash because the seat does not detect an occupant with the seat belt malfunction!.


Other Seats related problems of the 2011 BMW 335

Front Seat Head Restraint problems
4
Seats problems
3


335 Service Bulletins
335 Safety Recalls
335 Defect Investigations