Side/window Air Bag Problems of BMW Z3

The contact owns a 2000 BMW Z3 roadster. The contact stated that while traveling 55 mph, the front driver's side air bag erroneously deployed. The contact sustained burns, bruising, and hair loss as a result. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 82,754.

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Traveling eastbound on highway 101 in agoura hills, CA a small rock appearing in my lane made a clanking sound with the underside of my vehicle at which time the passenger side airbag deployed.

The contact owns a 2000 BMW Z3. While the contact was driving approximately 2 mph into an intersection, unexpectedly an opposing vehicle crashed into the front driver side door. The air bags failed to deploy upon impact. The contact sustained severe injuries consisting of a broken collar bone, eight broken ribs and punctured lungs. The contact was transported to the hospital by ambulance. A police report was filed of the incident. The vehicle was completely destroyed and towed to a collision facility. The failure mileage was approximately 65,000. The VIN was unavailable.

The contact owns a 2000 BMW Z3. While driving 75 mph, the contact heard a loud bang. He noticed that the passenger side air bag deployed, but no one was struck. He filed a report with BMW and was informed that someone from the corporate office would call him regarding the failure. The VIN was unknown. The failure and current mileages were 115,000.

I own a 2001 BMW Z3 3. 0i roadster that spontaneously deployed its driver's side door airbag when I shut off the ignition in the driveway, resulting in a large bruise and burn on my left arm. The airbag warning light had come on a few days earlier, but the owner's manual did not indicate any hazard of spontaneous deployment, and I had not yet gotten the car in to the dealer for diagnosis. The car has not been modified in any way and is otherwise in excellent condition. The car remains in my driveway and has not been driven, examined, diagnosed, or repaired since the malfunction. I have called BMW customer relations regarding the matter. They seemed rather unconcerned. I told them it is not my intention to sue, and likewise I will not let them cover up this problem. Rather, I want their engineers to test-bench my car to pinpoint the source of the malfunction and to issue a recall if appropriate. I further expect them to fix the problem, replacing all suspect parts, at no cost to me. They said they will pass along my concerns to their corporate office in new jersey and that I will receive a call by next Tuesday. I'm not impressed with their level of concern.

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: the contact stated while driving 70 mph during clear conditions, the front driver side air bag deployed without warning or impact to the vehicle. There was no debris or potholes present. The contact suffered cuts, bruising and scaring to the left arm. The contact drove to the hospital. The service dealer and manufacturer were notified and photos were taken of the vehicle and injuries. Updated 11/16/2006 -the gas gauge and odometer were inoperative. The dealer replaced the instrument cluster. The driver's door grab handle was replaced. The rear shocks and mounts were replaced. There was a power steering leak. The dealer replaced the power steering hose res to pump. The dealer replaced the flex coupler on the drive shaft.

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1998 BMW Z3 roadster - there was a spontaneous deployment of both driver and passenger side air bags. While driving on a dry rough road the air bags deployed, consumer did not come in contact with anything, and was driving only about 5 mph when the air bags deployed. Was able to pull over to the side of the road. The vehicle was taken to a dealership, and they say that an impact with a pot hole caused air bag deployment. Consumer claimed he did not hit a pot hole hard enough to cause this deployment. The dealership did not check the sensors to see if there was a problem with the air bags. There was no recall on the air bag defect on this model. However there was a recall on air bags in other BMW models.

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After running over a metal panel in the road the passenger's side air bags inadvertently deployed. The dealership was notified. The dealer replaced the passenger's side air bag at no charge.

While driving at 35 mph, vehicle was in a frontal collison. Only the passenger side air bag deployed upon impact. The driver side air bag didn't deploy. Please provide more details. Ts.

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Drivers side air bag deployed when a bouncing rock struck under the car, the vehicle was traveling approximately 30 mph, injuring the driver.

A rock went bounced up under the car and set off the drivers side airbag. The airbag bruised the drivers arm and ribs. The car swerve onto the shoulder of the road due to the airbag forcing the driver to the right, but the car did not leave the road way. Due to the cost of the replacing the system, we were forced to submit an insurance claim which thus raised our insurance premium.

Vehicle drove over a large chunk of concrete while driving about 25 mph when the side air bag on passenger's side deployed.