Seven problems related to air bag have been reported for the 2004 BMW 545. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
My car has the passenger restraint system warning everytime I start my car. The air bag recall is by takata is for the 2003 545i model. My car was manufactured in Sep of 2003 with those takada airbags.
In 10/17 I bought the above vehicle from private owner. From the time I started driving it to currently, the control display has been showing a passenger airbag and/orseatbeit warning. The current warning reads: "pass. Restraint system. Fault in passenger-restriant system affecting airbag, belt tensioner or belt force limiter. " the display between the speedometer and tachometer shows a red airbag symbol and a red fasten seatbelt symbol, which do not go off with operation of vehicle. These 2004/2005 BMW 545i had a NHTSA safety recall (08v384000) but certain vins, including mine were not included. I cannot understand why, because clearly not knowing whether your airbag & belt tensioner & belt force limiter are working properly is a safety issue. . Read more...
I came back from my summer holiday, and restarted my car. A lot of warnings appears on the odometer. About engine, airbags, steering, tire pressure, and seat belt. (I have checked the tire pressure, it is normal. And I always lock the seat belt before driving). In addition, the navigation screen and radio died. Furthermore, the car lose electricity after it shuts down. After more than 3 hours of shut down, it won't have enough power to re-ignite. I check on NHTSA website that there are three recall issues that my car was included, and related to the issues I am reporting right now. About air bags (08v384000), engine (12e029000), and electrical system (12v126000). But I cannot find out any information by my VIN number on NHTSA. It is a used car, I am not sure whether the former user responded the recall before. Even if this car was recalled before, I don't know whether it was fixed properly, and the similar issues would not happen again.
Drive moderately keeps popping up an service engine after getting BMW to check it an fix it also it won't crank sometimes but the battery an alternator is brand new but after it sit for hours it finally crank up, maybe it's an security issue but it's unnecessary.
Low speed crash in febuary 2015 airbag malfunction light came on but didn't deploy. This item had been replaced due to recall in 2011 and BMW said I had to pay for seat mat that malfunctioned and to be put in. No passenger in car during impact I was alone. I don't feel that this should be my problem or that I should have to pay for said problem. I believe this is a faulty part and should be covered by BMW and recall didn't fix problem.
Custom ordered 545i in 2004 as still original/existing owner. Have had repeated electrical errors on I drive "dynamic drive failure proceed with caution as the steering has been effected and see your BMW authorized rep," "electrical failure see your BMW authorized rep. Immediately proceed with caution, "passenger restraint fault proceed with caution effecting belt and belt force limiter, stalling at very low and as high rates of speed as high as 70 mph without any warning. " sometimes the car logs the errors and many times it doesn't fully that it takes BMW na's computer to access the extended ram in the car to retrieve per BMW na that the dealerships can't. I even have pictures of the errors the car doesn't log so they claim they can't do anything. BMW engineers in germany have been involved as the car refused to reprogam twice for the dealership. This car is compliant w/all recalls per the dealer and has been in the shop over 16 times w/only 70k miles. The dealer and BMW na can't determine the root cause of the problems except to say they think they're being triggered by low voltage and its had 3 batteries at less than 70k miles, isn't driven much, and BMW na nor the dealership can permantently resolve the errors and stalling and/or stop them. BMW na and the dealership have replaced the entire wiring harness at 13k miles, have refused to take the car back after several attempts after qualifying as a lemon under the lemon law since before 10k miles amd been given multiple excuses for all of the errors they can't resolve. They keep telling us to bring it back every time, buy an extended warranty at $6k to continually service electrical and stalling/running rough issues they can't fix under original factory warranty. They're not reporting service trips to carfax and refuse to release documentation on the car regarding the problems to us or our attorneys.
There is a BMW service bulletin si b 65 75 06 where they say they will fix an airbag and seatbelt issue on e60, e61 (5 series) vehicles produced up to 11/2005. The bulletin says it is due to oc3 seat mat fault. Due to parts defect they also cover it with an additional 10 year warranty according to the bulletin. My BMW 5 series was manufactured in 08/04 and currently has the exact same issue outlined in the service bulletin according to my mechanic. He said that I have micro cracks in my oc3 seat mat and thats why my airbags are now off all the time when I drive. I currently do not have any running airbags in my vehicle because their computer system detects micro cracks in my oc3 seat mat and disengages the airbags because it detects that someone is not sitting in the seat. I do not feel safe anymore driving this vehicle and since it displays it on the main screen at all times I cannot even sell the vehicle since no one would want one without airbags that work. BMW says they will correct this issue on a customer complain basis in the recall. When I let BMW dealership know about my issue they say that my vehicle does not show up on the computer and BMW is refusing to fix the issue. I have a 5 series as described in their bulletin. I am within the guidelines issued on si b65 75 06 dated February 2009. From searching on the internet there are other customers with BMW 545's who have had this issue rectified by BMW. It is the same part and same issue (micro cracks) they need to cover this so I have working airbags.