Five problems related to seats have been reported for the 2008 BMW 528. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2008 BMW 528 based on all problems reported for the 2008 528.
The passenger seat occupancy sensor has failed. As a result, the airbags will not deploy on the passenger side, if a passenger is present, in an accident. The error is displayed as soon as the passenger sits. Warning lights go out after restarting the car and if the passenger seat is unoccupied.
My seat was smoking and soon to catch fire if I hadn't caught this. What should I do to resolve this issue?.
One day this winter, I was driving on the highway and suddenly it smelt like something burning. Thinking it was an outside element, I thought nothing of it. A week later, I smelt the same burning so I got out of my car to inspect and found three holes were burnt straight through my leather driver seat and also burned right through my winter jacket!! this was due to an issue within the heat tracking in my seat. I brought what happened to BMW north America, to which they told me that due to my cars "age and mileage", that this was a I quote* "wear and tear" issue. I'm sorry, but the last time I checked, natural wear and tear should not cause a hazardous situation for the driver under any circumstance. This was clearly a manufacturing defect and it should be recalled. The fact that BMW was so unwilling to acknowledge the harmful situation that this defect put me in, (for instance, if I had not been wearing my thick winter jacket, which shielded me from being burned while driving on the freeway) is beyond disappointing.
Air bag sensor for front passenger seat not working. Replaced once while vehicle under warranty. Same sensor malfunction again. BMW will not replace unless I pay, cost of replacing sensor over 4,000. 00. I believe it should be covered by BMW since same part is again not working.
Tl- the contact owns a 2008 BMW 528i. The contact stated that while attempting to utilize the seat heating system, the contact smelled an abnormal burning smell. The contact stated that upon further inspection the vehicle it was noted that the backrest of the drivers side seat had a small burn hole. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 04v575000 (seats). The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 59,000. Wh.