Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 03/07/2005 | 1 | 11/17/2004 | |
| Bmw z3 seat belt tensioner fault. by reading online message boards, this is a very common fault. seat belt is fine, but fault causes the airbag to not deploy. why is there no recall?*ak | |||
| 07/29/2002 | 1 | 10/01/2099 | |
| Bmw examined the z3 on august 1, 2002 and told me that the force was insufficient to cause a side air bag deployment. however my car was completely totalled and i sustained severe head injuries because the side airbag did not deploy. bmw was asked in a letter dated august 21, 2002 to supply the recorded evidence so that i could verify their conclusions. it is now october 1st and they have not complied. i believe that bmw knows that the air bag should have deployed and are not willing to admit their equipment failed. in the letter i asked them to explain why the z3 side air bag did not deploy and yet the striking vehicle of similiar weight that was traveling at 45 mph had it's front airbag deploy. i told them that if the force was sufficeint to cause a front air bag deployment. it seems that the side air bag is where the danger of injury is even greater. should have deployed even more readily. they have not answered me because they know that their equipment failed to function properly. i sustained head injuries that could have been prevented if the air bag would have deployed. i still have double vision and will require eye surgery to hopefully correct my vision problem. please investigate this matter so that bmw will not make any other person a victim. mr | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 10/23/2008 | 115000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2000 bmw z3. while driving 75 mph, the contact heard a loud bang. he noticed that the passenger side air bag deployed, but no one was struck. he filed a report with bmw and was informed that someone from the corporate office would call him regarding the failure. the vin was unknown. the failure and current mileages were 115,000. | |||
| 12/29/2003 | 30300 | 1 | 12/20/2003 |
| Srs light on my mw z3 is on. known repeating problem on z3.*ak | |||
| 11/14/2003 | 48000 | 1 | 12/01/1999 |
| After running over a metal panel in the road the passenger's side air bags inadvertently deployed. the dealership was notified. *ak the dealer replaced the passenger's side air bag at no charge. *nm | |||
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| Airbags didn't deploy during a collison. dealership was aware of problem. *ak | |||
| 05/15/2001 | 1 | 10/01/1999 | |
| Air bag deployed when automobile struck an object under the car while the vehicle was traveling approximately 3 miles per hour, injuring the driver. *ak | |||
| AIR BAGS - SIDE/WINDOW | |||
| 08/25/2009 | 65000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2000 bmw z3. while the contact was driving approximately 2 mph into an intersection, unexpectedly an opposing vehicle crashed into the front driver side door. the airbags failed to deploy with the impact. the contact sustained severe injuries consisting of a broken collarbone, eight broken ribs and punctured lungs. the contact was transported to the hospital by ambulance. a police report was filed of the incident. the vehicle was completely destroyed and towed to a collision facility. the failure mileage was approximately 65,000. the vin was unavailable. js | |||
| 06/21/2001 | 1 | 12/01/2099 | |
| A rock went bounced up under the car and set off the drivers side airbag. the airbag bruised the drivers arm and ribs. the car swerve onto the shoulder of the road due to the airbag forcing the driver to the right, but the car did not leave the road way. due to the cost of the replacing the system, we were forced to submit an insurance claim which thus raised our insurance premium. | |||
| 07/29/2002 | 1 | 10/01/2099 | |
| Drivers side air bag deployed when a bouncing rock struck under the car, the vehicle was traveling approximately 30 mph, injuring the driver. *ak | |||