Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
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| SEATS | ||||||||||||||||
| 04V379000 | BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE | from 03/01/2004 to 06/02/2004 | V (Vehicle) | 3940 | 10/13/2004 | MFR | BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE | 08/09/2004 | 08/11/2004 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | On certain passenger vehicles, the software programming of the driver's seat occupant detection system (ods) may not be able to reliably determine if the driver's seat is occupied. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | In certain crash conditions, the driver's front air bag, head protection system, safety belt pretensioner, and knee air bag may not deploy, increasing the risk of injury to a seat occupant. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will reprogram the software for the driver's seat occupant detection system. the recall began october 13, 2004. owners should contact bmw at 1-800-831-1117. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Customers can contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). | |||||||||||||||
| SEATS - FRONT ASSEMBLY - SEAT HEATER/COOLER | ||||||||||||||||
| 04V575000 | BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC | from 02/26/2003 to 06/09/2004 | V (Vehicle) | 17905 | 12/14/2004 | MFR | BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE | 12/06/2004 | 12/09/2004 | |||||||
| Defect Summary | On certain passenger vehicles equipped with front seat heating systems, upon entering and exiting the vehicle, excessive contact with the side bolster that is contained in the seat's backrest may damage the heating mat located in this area. if such damage were to occur, with the system turned on, the vehicle occupant may feel excessive heat from this area. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | It is possible that the heating mat in the backrest's side bolster could overheat and damage, or melt a small hole in, this area of the seat cover. if this happened, it could lead to an occupant being burned. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will modify the seat heating circuit. the recall is expected to begin during december 2004. owners should contact bmw at 1-800-831-1117. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Customers can also contact the national highway traffic safety administration | |||||||||||||||
Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
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| SEATS | |||||
| SIB-65-22-10 | 10/01/2010 | 10035246 | Bmw vehicles: replaced seat occupancy sensor mat will not enable. after replacing a cis (capacitive sensing passenger occupancy mat), the new mat will not enable when using ista/p. however, ista/p shows that the acsm (active crash safety | 02/11/2011 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEATS | |||
| 12/03/2010 | 88750 | ||
| I started my bmw 745i to warm it up along with the heated seats. came out of my house three minutes later to leave and smelled something burning on the inside of the car. i looked around but didn't see anything outright obvious. i started to drive away when i felt burning sensation to my left side. i turned to look and saw that seat heater was burning through the leather on the left side of the back of the seat. i made left a message with a service rep at new country bmw of hartford,ct with no return call within 24 hours as there answering service promises. i then brought the vehicle to new country bmw of hartford, ct where the service rep told myself he had never heard of there being a seat heater recall. | |||
| 06/24/2007 | 51200 | 15 | 05/02/2007 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2004 bmw 745li. the contact received a warning from the computer to engage his seat belt. the seat belts were already engaged, however, he continued to receive the message. the dealer stated that there was a glitch in the program and they would need to service the computer. approximately three weeks later, the front passenger seat caught fire. the dealer did not provide an explanation as to the cause of the fire. the dealer replaced the leather and wiring in the front seat. the contact was injured. the current mileage was 52,000 and failure mileage was 51,200. | |||
| 07/07/2005 | 5674 | 1 | 11/23/2004 |
| Driver's seat occupant detection sensor malfunction. there were no untoward incidents except that i had to drive abt. 65 miles, miss my office hours, unable to use the car fearlessly, and put myself in danger.the recall in your report did not include my chassis number(ds54945), which i purchased 23 nov 2004. | |||