Air Bag Not Deploy Problems of BMW X5

The passenger seat weight occupancy sensor intermittently works. I am concerned if it is not working properly, the airbag may not deploy properly. Also, the seat belt warning light chimes even though the seat is not occupied.

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Me and my kids were driving our 2011 BMW X5, we went to a full stop on the freeway, a semi was driving too fast behind us, the semi was on its way to crushing me and my three daughters in the car. We tried to move out of its way and crashed in the car infront of us as there was no place to go. The one second decision was the toughest decision I had to take in my life, either the semi is going to kill us all I I can crash in the car front of us to avoid death, we were relying on the airbag to save our life, the airbag didn't deploy, accident occurred on July 17th. Thankfully the airbag did not deploy or we would've been all dead from the defective BMW airbag, yesterday (July 31st) we received a letter from the dmv that we need to contact BMW to replace the defective airbag. What if the airbag deployed that day? how much is a human life worth? we purchased a BMW to protect us during an accident and we feel cheated. We would've all lost our lives. The car has been towed and sitting in our deiveway. It's inoperable and the airbag hasn't deployed. We are scared to even go inside the car to grab our things because we don't want the airbag to deploy. Someone needs to do something about this. Immediately. My daughters are scared to ride inside a car, and I'm scared to drive again. There has been 24 reported deaths from takata, we could've been number 29.

Tl the contact owns a 2009 BMW X5. While driving 40 mph, the contact was involved in a multiple vehicle collision. As a result, the contact crashed into the rear of another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained back, neck, and pelvis injuries that did not require medical attention. The driver of the other vehicle was not injured. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was towed to a collision center. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 72,000.

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Occupancy seat sensor failure after recall campaign 17v-605 completed. The sensor mat failed within 16 months of the repair which means the parts used for the campaign are faulty as well. BMW refuses to fix the issue. This failure will result in the passenger front air bag to not deploy as so stated in the original recall campaign.

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Tl the contact owned a 2004 BMW X5. While driving 15 mph, the contact's vehicle was struck by another vehicle on the driver's side. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed. The contact sustained injuries to the right shoulder, back, and neck, which required medical attention. The vehicle was destroyed and towed. The dealer and manufacturer were not made aware of the crash. The failure mileage was approximately 180,000. The VIN was not available.

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The contact owns a 2008 BMW X5. While driving 40 mph, the contact depressed the accelerator pedal instead of the brake pedal. As a result, the vehicle crashed into the wall of a church. The frontal air bags did not deploy. The driver was sore, but there were no injuries. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was taken to peake BMW (2630 veterans memorial blvd, kenner, la 70062, (504) 469-6165), but the parts were not available for the air bag repair initially. A few months later, the dealer called the contact back to schedule an appointment to replace the air bags per an unknown recall, but the parts were not available again. The manufacturer was contacted by letter and they stated that the crash was not serious enough for the air bags to deploy. The failure mileage was 102,000.

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The contact owned a 2004 BMW X5. The contact stated that while driving at 30 mph, another vehicle failed to stop for a red light and the contact crashed into the vehicle. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was filed. The contact sustained injuries in the neck and back which required medical attention. The vehicle was towed to an unknown location. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 180,000.

Our 2017 BMW X5 was involved in a fatal car accident and the driver's side air bag did not deploy causing a head injury. A driver was driving southbound lost control on ice and went into the northbound lane where another vehicle struck the out of control car causing those vehicles to hit our BMW and pushing our vehicle off the road.

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During frontal impact at 34+mph, airbag did not deploy; driver hit steering wheel and passed out; brakes did not function properly either (was serviced by BMW dealership less than 2 months ago); vehicle slid straight into car in front of it and brakes did not engage properly with driver pressing brake petal.

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My husband was traveling on the highway at night. He stated that the car in from of his was stopped in the middle of the highway. He was unable to stop in time to avoid rear ending the other vehicle. We have a new BMW X5 SUV and he hit a Lexus SUV- both substantial vehicles. Both cars were not drivable following the accident. There is major front end damage- possible the car is totaled. I'm not sure yet. The air bags did not deploy. The impact fractured his sternum. He developed pneumonia 2 days later because of the pain in breathing- the accident was wed. Night but the fracture was not diagnosed. I took him back to the er fri afternoon, when the fracture and subsequent pneumonia was diagnosed. He was admitted to the hospital and is still there. The car was towed to the dealership. They want to take it apart to see what needs to be repaired or if it is totaled. I want to understand why the airbags did not deploy and am afraid if they start taking the car apart I will never know. I was told the NHTSA would help me with an investigation into this. Please help me and let me know what I should do next. Husband won't be released for several days possibly.

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The contact owns a 2010 BMW X5. While driving at approximately 40 mph, the contact crashed into another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. As a result, the contact sustained chest, neck, and arm injuries that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 60,000.

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Takata recall. The contact owned a 2001 BMW X5. The contact stated that while driving at 25 mph, a coyote jumped in front of the vehicle. The contact attempted to void a crash and swerved causing an unknown rear wheel to detach from the vehicle. The vehicle then flipped over several times and crashed upside down into the side of a residential home. A police report was not filed. The air bags failed to deploy. The seat belt failed to restrain the contact who was ejected from the vehicle when the impact occurred. The contact sustained internal bruising that required medical attention. The vehicle was towed to a collision center but was not diagnosed. The vehicle was later towed to the contacts residence. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact later received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 17v047000 (air bags). The failure mileage was not available. Parts distribution disconnect.

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I was recently in an accident. I rear ended someone and the air bag did not deploy until after the accident occurred. I have chest and rib pain. Even deployed the air bag was not fully inflated.

My 2009 BMW X5 has the pasanger airbag disabled light on and malfunction in the pasanger restraint system malfunction light on. For the past few months. I called BMW of north America and was told they have a recall on this specific problem but my VIN doesn't show this as an affected car. So they will not fix this. Even though the pasanger air bag will not deploy in an accident due to the faulty seat sensor that they have a recall on. I referenced the NHTSA campaign # 08v-384 but was still informed only specific VIN numbers are affected and they won't elaborate on how they came about with the specific criteria.

Tl-the contact owns a 2005 BMW X5. The contact stated that while the driver was at a complete stop, another driver failed to yield the right of way and crashed into the vehicle¿s passenger side causing the vehicle to spin several times. The driver frontal air bags failed to deploy. Additionally, the passenger front and rear curtain air bags partially deployed. The driver suffered injuries to the head, the back, and the feet that required medical attention. The contact did not disclose if a police report was filed or not. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 115,000. Djr.

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When a people seat on the passenger seat, the light "airbag of the passenger seat is off" is on. And the led panel shows "restrain system malfunction". I get my car checked at the dealership, they said this is due to the fault of the sensor in the seat and will make the airbag not deploy in an accident. Actually, this problem has been there for a while but only happen occasionally (one time a month), and can be solved by change sitting position a little bit. When I checked in the service, nothing wrong was found. He said the same problem exists in older models (e. G. 2005, 2006), which are in the recall list of BMW. But mine is not in and I need to pay $1400 to get it repaired. I think this is a really important issue since it disables the airbag, which is the most important safety equipment. My car is in a very good condition and serviced regularly. There is no reason it faults in such a low mileage and age. Many users in the BMW forum has the same issue, but is under risk or got to pay for the repair. I hope BMW can take care of this issue to recall the cars that are potentially in risk.

Passenger occupancy sensor fails, causing air bag to become inoperative and airbag light to appear on dash. In case of accident, the airbag will not deploy. Dealer wants nearly 2000 dollars to fix, though they say it had "already been repaired in 2008" when the vehicle was two years old; dealer confirmed that they hear this complaint all of the time. Recall campaign 08v384000 addresses this issue for some BMW models/seats, but does not adequately address all models and years that have the problem. For the X5 model, for example, the "comfort seat" is covered, but the standard seat, which has the very same problem (not related to the comfort system) is not. Please widen the coverage of the campaign to include all models and years affected by this widespread problem.

I was rear ended on the interstate and pushed into a truck in front of me ,but my airbags did not deploy . I struck my head on the steering wheel. There is significant damage to the front end of the car and the rear end is also damaged. The air bags in the car that hit me deployed; and the truck I hit had air bags deployed. Just wondering if there are other reports of problems with BMW air bags not deploying ?.

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The vehicle computer system shows a malfunction of the passenger safety system on the vehicle and states that the airbag will not deploy and seatbelts should always be fastened. This is an item that I should not have to pay for addressing, especially in light of related recalls of this specific system on other BMW models. I took the vehicle to circle BMW on hwy 36, west long branch, NJ and they wanted $1500 to address the issue and replace the bad "sensor" after charging me $150 to "detect" the reason for the malfunction.

I was going approximately 40 miles an hour when the vehicle in front of me made a panic stop and I crashed into the back of it. My air bags never deployed. The insurance adjuster said my car is totaled and there was something wrong with my air bags because they should deployed. I hurt my knee pretty bad from it hitting the dash.

Passenger side seat sensor has failed, leaving airbag in permanently deactivated state. This defect was previously subject of recall in other vehicles in same model year, but not particular month of manufacture of mine according to VIN. Have reported to BMW dealer and BMW na; customer service agent at BMW na initially indicated they might cover it but then request was denied by management. I have requested they simply deactivate the sensor and leave the airbag on, which would seem to be a low-cost repair. They have stated there is no safety issue in doing so. The stated purpose of the sensor is to prevent unnecessary cost for airbag replacement after an accident. This seems to be a clear design defect: if the sensor fails, the airbag should be left in the active condition, not a disabled condition. The dealer is requesting $1276 to replace the defective seat sensor. BMW knows they are making money off this repair and has no incentive to find a low cost repair that would save lives. Software deactivation of the sensor would increase safety since some will be unable to afford a repair of this expense and driving without a passenger side srs puts occupants at significant risk. I am a university professor and I have notified BMW na of this and if BMW continues to refuse to provide a low-cost repair for this condition I will be willing to testify at trial attesting to the fact that BMW was informed of this issue and advised of their possible liability if anyone has an accident in a 2006 X5 and the passenger airbag does not deploy resulting in increased passenger injury; contact me at [xxx]. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

The airbag indicator light has been on since we purchased this vehicle from a private party two years ago. The local dealer and another service shop have told us the airbag sensor mat in the passenger side seat is not operating properly. The result being that the airbags will not deploy in an accident. There has been a recall for this repair for our same year, make and model. However, when we contacted BMW they said that the recall is VIN # specific and our VIN was not part of the recall. It is our feeling that our vehicle should be repaired at BMW's expense as they are aware of this exact same problem in the same year and model of our vehicle.

The contact owns a 2007 BMW X5 Mini cooper. The contact was driving approximately 25 mph on normal road conditions with the cruise control activated. There was an unintended increase in acceleration. The vehicle failed to slow down when pressure was applied to the brake pedal. The gear was shifted into the "neutral" position. The vehicle crashed into a traffic signal pole. The air bag system failed to deploy with the level of impact. The driver sustained severe injuries. The police was called to the scene. There were body damages to the front passenger side of the vehicle. The vehicle was towed to a collision center. The cause of failure has not been determined at this time. The failure mileage was 22,000. The VIN was unavailable.

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The vehicles seat occupancy sensor is malfunctioning for no particular reason which will prevent for passenger airbag to deploy when it is suppose to in the event of an accident, my vehicle is not that old and has not been abused but yet this issue occurred since about less than a year ago, when someone sits in the passenger seat the warning light comes on that indicates that the air bag is off and the airbag warning light comes on as well. I have tried to get the manufacturer to take responsibility with no luck, they want over a $1000 plus to replace the sensor, my issue remains unresolved; I ran a check for this issue online and found that almost every BMW owner experiences the same issue and almost every BMW in different range of recent years and different models has the same problem and this is a mass-produced manufacturer defect that has gone unnoticed. This is a safety issue, if I had been in an accident my passenger airbag would not deploy, this issue still remains unresolved as of this date. This problem began about a year ago when my vehicle was only about 3 years old and 45000 miles and has been getting worst with time, before it was occasional but now it is all the time, the repair would consist of taking the entire passenger seat out and apart and replace the sensor-pad that is connected to the vehicles safety system computer placed inside the seat pads, this is not an easy task or a repair that is accessible. Most definitely there should be a safety recall on this item. Most people don't know that they can file a complaint and request recalls on their vehicle issues and that is why you may not see many complaints about this issue.

The contact owns a 2006 BMW X5. While driving 30 mph, another vehicle crashed into the rear of the contact's vehicle. The bumper, muffler, and trunk were damaged. The driver's seat belt failed and released prematurely. The front air bags failed to deploy. The contact was uninjured. The vehicle was towed to a local repair shop and repaired. The contact has a copy of the police report. The manufacturer could not provide an explanation for the failures. The failure mileage was 56,000 and current mileage was 56,500.

We were backing up the car from the restaurant and driver side air bag and curtain air bag popped open but not deployed with air for no reason. Took the car to dealer they said sensor underneath the car initiated, and to repair costs will be $4,000. 00. I don't have money to fix the car and they released the car to me. The bags are not deployed and afraid of deploying while driving.

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The contact owns a 2006 BMW X5. While driving 3 mph, another vehicle crashed into the front side quarter panel of the contact's vehicle. The other vehicle was driving approximately 20 mph. The air bags failed to deploy. The vehicle came equipped with side air bags. There were no warning indicator lights present. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed from the scene and has not yet been inspected. The driver was taken to the emergency room in an ambulance because her head hit the door window. The current and failure mileages were 19,000.

When striking another vehicle head-on at 20-25 mph air bags did not deploy. Dealer has been contacted.

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