Side/window Air Bag problems of the 2000 BMW 540

The contact owns a 2000 BMW 540i. The contact was driving approximately 60 mph when road debris crashed into the front driver side door and the front driver side air bag deployed. The vehicle was pulled over and shut off. A police report was not filed but the contact sustained minor injuries from the air bag deployment. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop where the contact was told that the impact from the debris was not sufficient to warrant air bag deployment. The vehicle was repaired. The failure and current mileage was 120,000.

The contact owns a 2000 BMW 540i. She stated that the battery continued to fail on the vehicle which caused several undisclosed electrical failures. The vehicle was taken to the dealer nine times to correct the faulty battery issue, to no avail. On a separate occasion, while the vehicle was sitting idle the frontal driver's and passenger's side air bags deployed which caused all of the windows to shatter. No one was in the vehicle at the time of failure. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where they refused to repair the vehicle since the battery was purchased from a third party. No repairs were made to the vehicle. The failure and current mileages were under 36,206.