Table 1 shows one common seat belt related problems of the 2017 BMW 540.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Seat Belt problems |
The passanger seat on this car’s seatbelt and airbags have malfioned numerous times. 3/2021 seat belt warning, seat matpad replaced 9/2022 air bag malfunction while driving with a passenger on highway. Once again seat matpad replaced. Car no longer in warranty $2500. It is extremely dangerous that this passanger seat keeps failing. What if I got into an accident on highway and malfunction happened right before accident? many people on BMW post complaining about seat belt warning and air bag malfunction. You can contact BMW, from 2017 until now, the car has neen in shop 4 times with passenger seatbelt and now airbag malfunction warnings. All services done at BMW of bayshore. I have included invoices I kept on this malfunctioned passenger seat.
Passenger seat in 2017 BMW 5 series cars have a well known and not covered fault where in a loud chiming will go off requiring the passenger seatbelt to be buckled. This chime does not stop and continues until the seat belt is buckled. There is nothing in the passengers seat. The noise is very loud and distracting. It occurs at random including driving at highway speeds. Upon bringing this to my dealer's attention they informed me that a service to repair this safety issue would cost over $2,000. I believe this will result in an unnecessary loss of life due to people either a) people fully removing the (sometimes valid) notifications of a no seatbelt warning, or b) an owner becoming alarmed by the sudden and loud chimes, possibly not knowing how to prevent the sound, and causing an accident if required I have a video of the incident (which happens daily now) if required. These issues are well documented on the BMW g30 forums for the 2017 model year.
Passenger restraint system error in BMW seems to be a common problem. This should be looked over for a recall issue.
I had dropped off the vehicle for swapping out my winter tires for all season tires. Their technicians removed the rear seat belt latches and installed them incorrectly. This work was neither approved by me or mentioned on the work order. I was also not verbally informed of this work being performed. This work was clearly not tested or completed properly by their technicians. It caused the rear seat belts to not latch into place correctly and I was unable to install my child's car seat to the car securely. The work was performed by BMW of springfield NJ. Had I not tried installing my car seat, I would not have been aware of this issue and there is a possibility that anyone sitting in the rear right or middle seat would not be secure during a crash.