Front Air Bag Sensor Control Problems of BMW 545

The front airbag sensor has malfunctioned, this is a huge safety hazard that had a recall and shame on BMW for not covering this for the life of their vehicles. God forbid someone gets hurt because they could not afford to pony up the $1300 to fix this shoddy part.

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Front occupancy seat sensor mat. This is under campaign id 08v384000. My make and model plus year is included in this. A call to BMW states that my car is not in this recall.

My car has the light on for airbag and seat belt do to malfunction of seat pad sensor in passenger seat. Called BMW of America, and was told that my car is not covered under the recall. Would appreciate you looking into the matter . Thanks in advance.

The air bag warning came on in the information center about a malfunction on the passenger side. Dealer said sensor would need replacement.

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The contact owns a 2005 BMW 545i. The contact stated that the air bag sensor illuminated indicating that the air bag was off. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who was not able to diagnose the failure. The vehicle has not been repaired yet. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 110,000.

BMW has refused to fix the issue under recall of the passenger restraint dealing with the seat mat/sensor that develops cracks over time from repeated entry and exit of the vehicle. This issue was a recall and this car is clearly effected by it but BMW says it is not. As the vehicle was just purchased to replace another vehicle that had actually had an accident, the safety related equipment is extremely important. BMW admits there is a recall(id# 76546) but claims this vehicle is not covered. This could effectively end my ownership of any BMW if this issue is not fix promptly.

Got indication pasanger air bag/ restrant system malfunction on idrive. Took car to repair shop and I was told ocupancy sensor in pasanger seat was bad. I checked for a recal for this vehical with BMW. I was told no recals for this problem on this vehical was covered. I checked with the parts department and was told there was only one sensor for this car. If thats the case how can BMW only cover 200,00 of the defective units and not all that were made durring this time period. Further, on the ones they did cover they increased the warranty period to 10 years from date of original sale with no milage restrictions? it seemes to me a deal was made with the ntsb to cover at least some of the defective units but not all. By extending the warranty period to 10 years on the same part that is used in all vehicals on this class, indicates BMW has admited all the parts are faulty. BMW should include all vehicals that use this part in the recal, recall #08v384000 not just a limited number. Acording to my records this is the second accurance of this issue, and well before 2015 when the 10 year warranty extension would have expired. Also this indicates the replacement sensor are not holding up well. It is my opinion a programing change should be made, where the onboard computor, controling the air bag, uses a input from a seat belt connect sensor to determin if the passanger seat is occupied? not the faulty mat in the seat.

A passenger restraint malfunction light has came on my 2005 545 BMW. After doing a little research it seems that this problem is quite common on Bmws and I feel as its an issue with the production of the car and should not be at the owners expense for a faulty production. My extended warranty does not cover this repair and I've contacted the Bmwna and was told that there is a recall but not on my car. The cost to repair is over $2000 and I feel that it is a safety issue BMW needs to address since there are so many issues with the passenger seat airbag sensors.