Air Bag Problems of BMW M3

BMW M3 owners have reported 97 air bag related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 7 most common air bag problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's air bag (66 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's side/window air bag (15 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.


Recently reported Air Bag problems of BMW M3

The Air Bag problem

Unknown. I was driving home when I get a message stating “passenger restraint system malfunction”   Read details...

The Side/window Air Bag problem

I was driving on the freeway, then all of a sudden my drivers side air bags deployed.   Read details...

The Air Bag Light On problem

In November, 2020, I received a notification from BMW that the previous fix to my airbag was only a temporary fix, and I needed to bring my car in for a permanent fix. In January, 2021, the airbag light went on.   Read details...

The Air Bag Not Deploy problem

My car was in a collision where the driver of car 1 was making a turn into the main street , she turned too wide and could not complete the turn and decided to back up. . She slammed into my car ,damage was left front bumper ,broken parking light, damage left front fender , xenon headlight   Read details...

The Front Air Bag Sensor Control problem

Driving vehicle at highway speed ran over small/minor pothole resulting in passenger side curtain/head airbag to deploy. No passenger was in the vehicle at the time. No weighted object was in the passenger front seat from vehicle start to time of incident. Moved vehicle to side of road to inspect.   Read details...




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