Air Bag Problems of BMW 545

Driving approximately 50 mph an accident occurred where there was oil in road. My car lost control and veered into a guard rail on the highway. My car was subsequently totaled and none of my air bags deployed in the crash.

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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.

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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.

Passenger airbag restrain system, stationary city street.

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.

When the vehicle is turned on and while driving, it says passenger air bag malfunction because of seat belt tensioner or something else. And won't turn off.

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.

I turned on my car and a notification appeared on the idrive that there was a passenger restraint system failure. I read that there was a recall on this and called my local BMW dealership to give them my VIN to see if my vehicle would be on the recall. I found out that it was not. I don't know what fits the criteria for the recall and if this would be considered normal wear and maintenance of the vehicle.

2005 BMW 545i e60 fault in passenger restraint system: this model BMW has experienced a fault in the passenger restraint system and is not listed in the past recall which can lead to dangerous situations if an accident occurs and the restraint system malfunctions. The problem is in the mat of the passenger seat and upon a passenger getting into my car about a year ago, I received the error message. I spoke with varying BMW dealerships (in different states) and received mixed information from the recall wasn't approved yet to the current version of no recall and I would have to pay the full repair costs. Speaking with BMW of USA, there was apparently an extended warranty issued for this problem, but the dealership never mentioned this possibility to me when speaking with them. As of now, the extended warranty is expired so should this issue occur on your car today - you are responsible for the full cost of the repair which is in excess of $1000 and additional diagnostic fees. There is a vast amount of information on the poor quality of the passenger seat mat used by BMW in these models leading to this malfunction. Can someone please explain why the e60 BMW models were not covered in the recall when they are experiencing the same exact issue as other models that were covered? this can get someone seriously hurt and BMW is placing this responsibility back on the consumer when they are at fault. This issue clearly spans many more BMW models that were listed in the recall and consumers are being forced to pay the bill for poor decisions on BMW¿s part. It would be nice to see more action and attention placed on this issue by the NHTSA. Related instances of the same issue: NHTSA campaign number: 15v205000 NHTSA campaign number: 13v564000.

Tl- the contact owns a 2005 BMW 545i. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign id number: 13v564000 (air bags) but was advised by the dealer that the parts needed to complete the repair were not available. The contact received the notice months ago. The manufacturer was also contacted and could not provide an estimated date for when the vehicle would receive the recall repairs. The contact had not experienced a failure. Dyd.

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.

Upon turning on vehicle I drive said passenger restraint system malfunction. I called Bmwna and they said that there was no recall, so I did some research and found this website https://www-odi. Nhtsa. Dot. Gov/vehiclecomplaint/index. Xhtml stating that my vehicle should be covered and I agree since this would be considered a safety issue.

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.