Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 01/13/2012 | 95748 | ||
| Driving down straight road and had to swerve right to avoid animal that ran suddenly into road. road had no run-off before steep rocky drop to ditch 1-2 ft below. right (passenger) side tires barely got into rocks, which bent both right side rims and punctured right side rear tire. bottom of car bottomed out on edge of road with heavy bump, which somehow caused the drivers side door airbag and drivers side head protection airbag to deploy, but was able to pull car back up on road after rocky area leveled back up to road edge. i got out and inspected - rear bumper bottom was torn from sliding on edge of road, previously said tire damage was seen. seemed to be fairly minimal damage to the actual car, front bumper only has dirt and no damage. this was an impact hard enough to bend rims, but i do not believe the air bags should have deployed as the impact was from below the car. | |||
| 01/06/2011 | 99088 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2001 bmw 330ci. the contact stated that while driving approximately 30 mph when merging into a turning lane and crashed into a median. the drivers side and passenger airbags deployed causing the passenger to receive injuries to the eye, and fractures to the orbital wall. the driver did not receive any injuries. the police were called and a report was available. the driver and passenger were both transported to the hospital via ambulance. the vehicle has not been inspected upon waiting an investigation. the failure and current mileages were approximately 99,088. tb | |||
| 06/01/2008 | 60000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2001 bmw 330ci. the contact noticed that the passenger air bag warning light would illuminate intermittently, whenever a passenger was sitting in the seat. the failure began two years ago. the dealer was notified who informed the contact that a censor pad that was located in the seat needed to be replaced. the contact did not inform the manufacturer nor was the vehicle repaired. the current mileage was approximately 101,000. the failure mileage was approximately 60,000. bw | |||
| 05/31/2005 | 56000 | 1 | 10/15/2002 |
| Dt the drivers air bag deployed while driving. the consumer contacted the dealer. it was not under warranty and they could not do anything about it. this happened around may 31, 2005. vehicle ended up off the road because it hit consumer in the head. had headaches for a few days afterward. *ak *jb | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 12/10/2009 | 51000 | 1 | |
| Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6) i was rear ended while stopped at a traffic light in december of 2009. my drivers side air bag as well as the door mounted side air bag did not engage. the insurance carrier totaled my vehicle, a 2001 bmw 330ci - vin # [xxx] . *tr | |||
| 10/16/2007 | 50000 | 1 | 09/01/2000 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2001 bmw 330ci. while driving 15 mph on normal road conditons; the passenger air bag warning light indicator illuminated on the instrument panel. there were occupants in the front passenger seat. the failure occurred intermittently. the vehicle has not been repaired. the contact is aware of the safety risk. the failure mileage was 50,000. the current mileage was 73,000. updated 06/08/09 *bf updated 06/18/09.*jb | |||
| 04/02/2006 | 58000 | 1 | |
| The defective passenger airbag in a very minor crash blinded me even though i was properly wearing my seatbelt. *tr | |||
| AIR BAGS - SIDE/WINDOW | |||
| 12/10/2009 | 51000 | 1 | |
| Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6) i was rear ended while stopped at a traffic light in december of 2009. my drivers side air bag as well as the door mounted side air bag did not engage. the insurance carrier totaled my vehicle, a 2001 bmw 330ci - vin # [xxx] . *tr | |||
| 05/26/2006 | 1 | ||
| I was making a lane change in order to merge onto the freeway traffic. without hitting any objects, unexpected deployment of the front side airbag (driver side) occurred. my head was hit by some flying objects from the deployment. vehicle was pulled over to the shoulder and couldn't be started after that for almost 15 mins. finally chp showed up and helped me to start my car so that i could drive it to local dealer. after few days of investigation, the dealer decided it was not the fault of the airbag system. instead, they blamed my rear tire on my passenger side causing the deployment. as a result, they refused to repair the vehicle under bmw's cost. *jb | |||