Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 02/27/2011 | 120000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2000 bmw 540i. the contact was driving approximately 60 mph when road debris crashed into the front driver side door and the front driver side air bag deployed. the vehicle was pulled over and shut off. a police report was not filed but the contact sustained minor injuries from the air bag deployment. the vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop where the contact was told that the impact from the debris was not sufficient to warrant air bag deployment. the vehicle was repaired. the failure and current mileage was 120,000. | |||
| 02/27/2011 | 120000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2000 bmw 540i. while driving approximately 60 mph a piece of debris crashed into the front drivers door and the front driver's side air bags deployed. the vehicle was pulled over and shut off. a police report was not filed but the contact suffered minor injuries. the vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop where the contact was told the impact from the debris was not sufficient to warrant air bag deployment. the vehicle was repaired. the failure and current mileages were 120,000. sm. | |||
| 10/14/2010 | 141000 | ||
| Bought a bmw with the airbag sign on from a car dealership | |||
| 03/22/2001 | 1 | 07/01/2000 | |
| Note: car could be driven after airbag went off. engine turned off when bag released.*ak | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 10/10/2000 | 36206 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2000 bmw 540i. she stated that the battery continued to fail on the vehicle which caused several undisclosed electrical failures. the vehicle was taken to the dealer nine times to correct the faulty battery issue, to no avail. on a separate occasion, while the vehicle was sitting idle the frontal driver's and passenger's side air bags deployed which caused all of the windows to shatter. no one was in the vehicle at the time of failure. the vehicle was taken to the dealer where they refused to repair the vehicle since the battery was purchased from a third party. no repairs were made to the vehicle. the failure and current mileages were under 36,206. | |||
| 02/06/2005 | 43000 | 1 | |
| While driving 45 mph drivers air bag inadvertently deployed. dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. *ak | |||
| 02/08/2005 | 43000 | 1 | |
| While driving 45 mph driver's air bag inadvertently deployed. dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem. *ak | |||