Three problems related to seats have been reported for the 2006 BMW 525. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Driver side seat mysteriously burned. Not sure how. Seat warmers were not on at the time.
Red airbag light and red seat belt light came on and there was a chime going off. Passenger seat occupancy mat is giving a fault code and disabling the passenger side airbag.
Front passenger airbag is deactivated due to the front seat sensor mat malfunction. Alarm lights up on instrument cluster as well as the idrive service section. Vehicle is out of warranty. Dealers are asking for $400 to diagnose the issue. They claim the issue is common but my specific vehicle is not affected by the recall. BMW USA cannot help as they want an official diagnosis and stands by their position that my car is not affected by the recall or what ever term they like to use.
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