general problems of the 2012 BMW 535

Unknown passenger restraint system malfunction message started coming.

Based on research it appears BMW has a long history of issues and even a recall on select years around the passenger seat sensor detector becoming faulty and impacting the ability of the air bags to deploy in a collision. This seems to a critical issue since it could result in serious injury to the passenger in the event of a collision.

My car has 76,000 miles on it and the error popped up on the main screen of " "passenger restraint system malfunction. " it advised me to take the car to a service center which I did. BMW of wichita diagnosed the issue as the passenger seat mat needed to be replaced. They quoted me $2,500 to fix the issue and I asked them if this was because of damage or abuse by the owner and they said no it just a part that failed. I called BMW of north America and asked if they would offer assistance in the repair and they said there were not any recalls or service bulletins on the vehicle and therefore they would not have assistance available. After researching this issue online I set there are others with this issue and so I figured I would report it to you. The first time this happened was off a cold start and before anyone sat in the seat and has continued since.

I had to replace the airbag clock spring in my car because of a clicking sound when the steering wheel was turning any direction, sound heard when vehicle was in drive or park. I had about 43,000 miles on the vehicle when the noise started. I had called BMW to see if there was any warranty on this item being it is part of the srs system for the car, and they told me for my vehicle VIN there was not. Being apart of the airbag system I am wondering if there was any safety guidelines or extended warranty I am not being informed of for the part I had to replace 61-31-9-354-047.