Front Air Bag Sensor Control problems of the 2005 BMW 530

My idrive showed a message indicating that the airbag in the passenger side was deactivated because of a sensor or similar issue. I took this to the dealer, asked for it to be covered under the previous service bulletin which indicated the seat mat sensor was defective. The dealership indicated they would not fix it. I contacted BMW north America and they said they might fix it if I paid for the assessment. The assessment suggested there was a defect in different sensor. And suggested that a battery cable should be replaced. All other systems in the car works fine. Both BMW and the dealer refused to fix this issue. There have been no other reported cases of the battery cable actually causing the airbags to be deactivated. Today, the airbag is still not working, and BMW has refused to fix the problem.

I purchased the vehicle from someone. The passenger restraint system malfunction signal on computer has come on, the brake pad malfunction warning has also come on, along with the left brake light malfunction! I have tried to have BMW honor the warranty on the problem with the passenger restraint, to no avail! I have asked the service advisor several times, they are saying I needed to pay to have this done, although it was still under the terms of 10 year rule! the light and brakes are fine, however I can't figure out why the computer says otherwise, unless there are some undetermined problems. The brakes and sensor have been replaced! the light is working properly, yet the computers reading differently. I have asked on several different occasions about the passenger restraint, the female sales advisor states I have to pay for this!.

The contact owns a 2005 BMW 530i. The contact stated that the front passenger seat air bag warning lamp illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the passenger seat air bag sensor mat 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 recall NHTSA campaign number: 08v384000 (front passenger seat occupant detection mat). The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 50,000 and the current mileage was 71,000. Updated 8/27/cn.

The contact owns a 2005 BMW 530i. While parked, the air bag warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The technician stated that the front passenger side air bag sensor occupancy detection mat would have to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000. Updated 04/18/bf the consumer referenced rcall # 08v384000 in his complaint. Updated 04/23/12.

Thanks to your organization, BMW USA agreed to extend the warranty for the BMW passenger seat occupancy sensor mat airbag to 10 years. However, BMW USA is not honoring this commitment for my vehicle, a 2005 BMW 530i. Is there any way to ask BMW USA to honor this commitment? this part of my vehicle is affected by this problem, in the manner described by the recall, for the reasons described in the recall, and it is one of the vehicles covered by this recall--based on model and year information published.

The contact owns a 2005 BMW 530i. The contact stated that the front passenger seat sensor was illuminated. The dealer repaired the defect but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was contacted and advised that the VIN was not associated with the recall under NHTSA campaign id number: 08v384000 (air bags:frontal). The failure mileage was 50,000 and the current mileage was 102,000.

Passenger air bag sensor is defective, since is costs %1500 dollars to replace sensor I cannot afford to do this. I was also told it defaults in the do not fire mode which again is stupid.

I bought a 2005 BMW 530i in January of 2005. A few months later, I noticed that the "passenger air bag off" light would illuminate when a passenger of the correct height and weight requirement would be seated in the car. I took the car into irvine BMW and explained the problem. The vehicle has since been in four times for this issue (3 times according to the dealership because they combined invoices). On one occasion (when I picked up my car) a BMW service technician told me, "even if the light is on and there is a passenger in the vehicle, don't worry about it, the airbags will most likely go off anyway. " (clearly, this type of comment leads me to believe that BMW lacks serious concern for the safety of their clients). I have contacted BMW of north America on several occasions, they finally got involved on the fourth service attempt in which they claim to have replaced the passenger sensory mat with an "old-style mat. " now the light does not activate at all, which leads me to believe that they have disconnected the light. I have been told by another BMW dealership that the computer is clearly not reading whether or not a passenger is in the car, and that it is a serious safety issue; and that if the airbag system is malfunctioning, the driver's side airbags may not go off as well (in an accident). I have requested that I be given a new vehicle of equal value, but my requests have been denied. BMW seems to expect me to continue using an un-safe lemon, placing myself as well as my passengers in danger. I have since contacted a lemon-law attorney, but I feel as though this serious safety issue should be brought to the attention of the public.