Five problems related to air bag have been reported for the 2003 BMW Z4. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
~tl takata recall. The contact owns a 2003 BMW Z4. The contact stated that BMW issued her an extended warranty on the air bags. The vehicle was taken to the dealer preston BMW 7830 market st, boardman, OH 44512 (833) 956-8064. They called back and told the contact that the control unit and air module were not covered under the warranty. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer has not been contacted. The failure mileage was 34,714. Tf.
On July 2018 BMW issued an important limited warranty information notice related to this vehicle. BMW would cover repairs to the front passenger seat occupancy for the srs/air bag system. Unfortunately this warranty repair will not cover my vehicle because the 15 year period does not include my vehicle that was put into service in January 2003. I believe that BMW should cover any 2003 BMW Z4 rather than cutting off those made in the prior 6 months. BMW refuses to cover. The other concern I have relates to the servo motor/electronic steering control unit. Recently this failed and I note that other Bmws have had this problem too. I believe your agency should determine whether or not this warrants a recall too. It is very dangerous to be driving and the power steering ceases to function. People will be killed. In my case the vehicle had been in the shop for unrelated repairs and when I picked it up the power steering was out. The shop had noticed the steering seemed tight and told me the unit needed to be replaced at a cost of $4,000. I was able to drive the vehicle home without incident. I had the battery replaced and the steering is back to normal. Research on the web indicated this is something that has happened with numerous other Bmws.
On August 1 of this year I received a letter from BMW stating that there was a problem with the front passenger seat occupancy mat(oc3) for the supplemental restraint system (srs/air bag system) . I made an appointment for the following week and when I got to the dealership they told me my extended warranty had run out in March of this year. When I called BMW of north America I was told the only way to get it fixed is at my expense. Over the next 2 days I spoke to them 3 different times and they would not pay to fix a safety problem that was in the vehicle when it came off the factory floor.
Vhicle was parked on the lot someone heard a loud pop noise and noticed smoke coming from interior of vehicle, found passenger side dash air bag had been deployed this vehicle was parked and locked with keys inside the building.
From day one I had airbag problem for the passenger side. Air bag never worked. BMW had recall and extended warranty for 10 years, but they don't accept responsibility steering column has problems too.