18 problems related to air bag light on have been reported for the 2005 Mini Cooper. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2005 Mini Cooper based on all problems reported for the 2005 Cooper.
The contact owns a 2005 Mini Cooper. While driving 35 mph, the air bag light continued to illuminate on and off. The vehicle was diagnosed by an independent mechanic who determined that the air bag needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 70,629.
Red air bag light on center dash and yellow air bag light will not go out. This has been on going problem for years but just recently the lights will not go out.
The passenger air bag light, noting that the airbag is turned off, remains on even with a passenger present. With no passenger present in the seat, it still remains on, telling me the airbag is inactive. There is a weight sensor in the passenger seat, that triggers this light, and it appears this sensor is faulty. It started out with the light coming on intermittently, but now has remained on for a lengthy period of time. I understand this is an expensive fix for a very cheap part, and that the repair must only be done by the dealer. I feel that Mini should be responsible for this fix, as it's a very important safety feature on the car, and it has affected many other Mini owners, with cars built after January 2005.
The passenger air bag light (typically only on when someone under-weight ie. Car seat is present) remains on regardless of whether there is someone in the seat or not.
My car started with a low hum and as time has gone by the sound has gotten louder and ever since the sound has been there the power steering has intermittently gone out, but now is out almost all the time. My wife drives the vehicle the most but we were planning on giving it to our 17 year old daughter for her graduation present but now that this problem is an all the time thing we will have to go purchase a different vehicle for her. It is just frustrating that after reading all the complaints and them being the same it almost seems useless to file a complaint due to Mini not wanting their vehicles to be good. Also about 3 months after purchasing the vehicle the airbag light for the passenger seat is always lit.
The contact owns a 2005 Mini Cooper. The contact stated that the passenger side air bag light failed. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the entire seat needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was unavailable. The approximate mileage failure was 60,000.
Mini has announced recall no. 15v-205 regarding replacement of front passenger seat occupant detection mat sensor on Mini Cooper. My Mini has this defect and in order to validate this air bag related defect, Mini required me to pay a diagnostic fee. Now, Mini is refusing to reimburse diagnostic fee needed to determine that airbag light was due to the defect associated with the front seat detection mat sensor. This fee should be reimbursed since Mini acknowledges this is a defect for the front seat mat sensor.
2005 Mini Cooper. While driving approximately 45 mph, the front passenger air bag off indicator illuminated with an occupant positioned in the seat. In addition, the failure would occur even when an occupant was not present in the front seat. The illumination no longer continued when the engine was turned off. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, who stated the passenger seat mat sensor would need to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 35,000.
Occupant seat sensor failure in passenger seat, airbag light comes on and stops airbag operation. I see that NHTSA has contacted BMW for this problem and for this model year; however, BMW/Mini won't take blame for airbag failure. BMW takes irresponsible attitude that even though car has only 36,000 miles, safety is my problem, not thiers. As a side note, dealer says part is $1200 plus installation and reprogramming. BMW, the ultimate driving (and killing) machine.
Occupant seat sensor failure in passenger seat, airbag light comes on and stops airbag operation. I believe Mini/BMW is liable for this safety issue and should fix it under recall. Several passengers have refused to ride in my car for fear of safety. Part is $1200 plus installation and reprogramming. This is a very common known issue. Mini/BMW's negligence on this issue is astonishing.
Airbag light and passenger airbag off light illuminated intermittently.
The passenger side airbag light came on and has not gone off. This has rendered the passenger airbag inoperable . The seat was rarely used as my wife uses the car as a summer car. ## VIN failed ##.
The airbag light saying that the airbag is turned off has been turning off and on for a while. Probably several years. In the last few months, the seat belt signal will activate even when no one is seated in the passenger seat. It usually happens right after the passenger has exited the vehicle. The only way to stop it is to buckle the seat. Then the airbag warning lamp on the dashboard will turn on as well as the "airbag light is off" signal. Sometimes both stay on for a while. There is no way of knowing when and if the airbags are actually working when I have a passenger in my car, which is frightening to me. I had my mechanic run diagnostics and he found that there's a TSB for this very problem on 2005 Minis. It requires replacement of the sensor mat. I called the dealership where I bought the car to verify whether such a key safety component of the car shouldn't be under some extended warranty and was told no it wasn't. The only way to repair the issue is to replace the bottom seat of the passenger side which I was told would cost $650 + labor of $400 or so. They also told me that if I ordered the new seat and had it replaced by my mechanic and that didn't resolve the problem, they would not take back the seat. The only way it would be covered is if I had them run the diagnostic for $95. I think it's outrageous that with so many people experiencing this same key safety problem with their car that they can get away with not extending the warranty to this model or else recalling the item. And what's worse, there is no way to be assured that even when the lights are not on, that the airbags will actually deploy properly in the event of an accident.
The contact owns a 2005 Mini Cooper. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 mph, the front passenger air bag off indicator illuminated with an occupant positioned in the seat. In addition, the failure would occur even when an occupant was not present in the front seat. The illumination no longer continued when the engine was turned off. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, who stated the passenger seat mat sensor would need to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 25,000.
Passenger air bag light reads "off" and center console alert is lit. Getting various diagnoses from shops, but no one really knows how to fix the problem. No one will definitively say, "yes, your passenger airbag is off" or "on. " this is a known problem with Minis and there should have been a recall.
Around this time my airbag indicator light began coming on intermittently. The dealer was asked about this during my service visit (oct 2009) and I was told that to investigate the passenger seat sensor would be over $100 in labor as it would require removing the seat. I declined the service. Within the last year the airbag light has remained on permanently even with passengers in the seat. I've recently done some research online and discovered that this is a common problem with this year and model of Mini related to a failure of the occupancy sensor of the passenger seat. I have also found that a similar problem with similar model years of BMW has recently resulted in a recall. As this is likely the same problem I am experiencing, and as this is a safety concern, I am reporting this to bring awareness to the airbag and occupancy sensor issue for Mini Cooper.
Reported to Mini of dallas : item c : client states the dash airbag light and off airbag light keeps coming on randomly while an adult is sitting and not sitting is passenger seat. This light continued to come on and off . 12/16/2014 reported same thing to parker Mini of little rock,advised repair would cost $1236. 88. The vehicle is not under warranty any more . Asked for a trade in price , thoroughly insulted by amount offered , due to airbag problem. 1/22/2015 Mini of little rock got parts in and fault was resolved at owners expense of $ 1236. 88 invoice # 1mcs11292. Please note : the vehicle was driven from 2/9/2009 thru 1/22/2015 with a passenger airbag that was not working , the vehicle being illegally driven , not to mention if we had been involved in an accident during that time. We were forced for our own safety to spend $1236. 88 which we feel should be reimbursed under this recall. Sven jelinek 43 ponferrada way hot springs village, ar 71909, (501-915-0343 ) arkjels@sbcglobal. Net.
4/10/2008 airbag light on dash came on intermittently - Mini dealer could not duplicate problem 9/23/2008 airbag light on dash came on and stayed lit - Mini dealer found micro-cracks in oc3 seat mat fault code fc71 stored in mr55k checked faults replaced oc3 seat mat installed seat and enable seat mat with gt1 cleared faults summer 2011 - airbag light on dash came on intermittently October 2011 - airbag light on dash came on and stayed lit 11/15/2011 - Mini dealer refuses to cover under warranty, despite known issues with this component having a history of being defective.