Owner-reported complaints naming the airbag system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the air-bag system — deployment behaviour, inflators, sensors and warning lights. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2008 BMW 750LI submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 10 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
I HAVE A 2008 BMW 750LI AND SEAT BELT AND AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON WILL NOT REST TOOK TO DEALER LIGHT STILL ON. ARE THERE ANY RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE THIS WAS INVOLVED IN A HIT RUN ACCIDENT.
I HAVE A 2008 750 LI BMW 110,00 MILES ON IT AN I BEEN HAING PROBLEMS WITH SEAT BELT FAULT ELECTRICAL PARSITIC DRAW IN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM BMW CANT SEEM TO FIX THESE ISSUES. I HAVE SPENT THOUSAND OF DOLLARS CHASING THESE DEFECTS AND SAFETY ISSUES. I READ THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE OTHERS WERE HAVING AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO RECALL THESE VEHICLE IN. PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS BECAUSE IM LOST FOR ANSWERS ON WHY ISNT THIS VEHICLE BEEN RECALL FOR THESE PROBLEMS. VEHICLE IS SITTING IN MY GARAGE CANT DRIVE DONT START CHANGE BATTERY CONTINUE TO DRAIN. HAVE BEEN TO DEALER THREE TIMES FOR THIS PROBLEM. MY PHONE NR TO REACH ME IS [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TT
A WARNING LIGHT IS ON IN THE DASH SAYING DEFAULT AIRBAG. WHAT I NEED TO KNOW IS THIS SOME BMW IS RESPONSIBLE FOR?
MY VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HIT RUN AND IT RUIN THE DSC ABS MODULE IT OVERHEATS AND THE ABS DSC EMERGENCY BRAKE SYSTEM LIGHT COME ON.. CANT FINE PROBLEM IN THE DSC MODULE
TAKATA RECALL.I WAS INVOLVED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT WHICH 100% OF FAULT WAS ASSUMED BY THE HITTERS INSURANCE FIRM. THE OTHER DRIVER RAN THROUGH A REDLIGHT, AT INTERSECTION OF LEGACY AND HEDGCOXE IN IN PLANO, TX ROUND 6:40 PM.THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY PROPERLY TO PROTECT ME. THE AIRBAG ATTEMPTED TO DEPLOY MERE INCHES AND EXPLODED IN MY FACE CAUSING HOT AIR AND METAL TO BE RELEASED AND BLOWN INTO MY FACE AN EYES,THE FIREMAN ON SCENE HELPED ME OUT OF CAR AND STATED THAT AIRBAG AND SEAT BELT DID NOT PROTECT YOU BECAUSE YOUR INJURY IS APPARENT. SUBSEQUENTLY FOLLOWING SURGERY, MY LEFT FOREARM WAS REPAIRED WITH PERNMANT SCREWS AND PLATE HOLDING MY BONES TOGETHER. I SUFFERED NECK, BACK BILATERAL KNEES, AND TWO FRACTURES IN MY ANKLE. MY LEFT HAND HAS EXTENSIVE PAINFUL NUMBNESS AND SHOOTING PAINS ONE YEAR AFTER SURGERY. I AM STILL GRAPPLING WITH LIMITATIONS AND DISABILITIES TO THIS DAY. I AM A TOTALLY DIFFERENT MAN TODAY AFTER THIS ACCIDENT AND MY DOCTORS CONCUR, THIS IS A MEDICAL CONDITION THAT IS OF CHRONIC DURATION.I HAVE ALL OF MY DOCUMENTATION INCLUDING POLICE REPORT,HOSPITAL BILLS PICTURES OF BOTH CARS, INSURANCE DOCUMENTS. .. UPDATED 08/21/17 *BF *CN
AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON AND OFF.
PASSENGER RESTRAINT WARNING - APPARENTLY THE PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR HAS FAILED AND THE PASSENGER AIRBAGS HAVE BEEN AUTOMATICALLY DISABLED. A QUICK SEARCH SHOWS THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM WITH BMW PASSENGER SEAT SENSORS. THERE WAS EVEN A RECALL FOR THE ISSUE, BUT THE DEALER CLAIMS MY 2008 BMW 750LI WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE RECALL (ONLY 2006-2007 BMW 750LI'S). THIS CAR WAS BUILT USING THE SAME PARTS. SHOULDN'T IT BE INCLUDED IN THE RECALL LIST? APPARENTLY THE PROBLEM IS SO COMMON THAT PEOPLE ARE BUILDING "SENSOR BYPASS" DEVICES AND SELLING THEM ON AMAZON/EBAY TO PLACE THE PASSENGER AIRBAGS INTO "ALWAYS ON" MODE. THIS KLUGE DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A VERY SAFE SOLUTION, SINCE SMALL CHILDREN COULD BE INJURED BY THE AIRBAG SYSTEM IF IT DEPLOYED UNNECESSARILY. DEALER HAS QUOTED NEARLY $1,400 FOR A FIX. BYPASS SOLUTION LESS THAN $100. SEEMS ONE HAS TO CHOOSE BETWEEN RELATIVE SAFETY OR NOT BLOWING THE SAVINGS FUND. ALL TO REPAIR AN OBVIOUS DESIGN FLAW.
I STARTED MY CAR IN THE MORNING AND THERE WAS A YELLOW "AIR-BAG" INDICATOR ON MY DASHBOARD WITH A MESSAGE "DRIVER RESTRAINT SYSTEM FAULT". IT WASN'T THERE THE NIGHT BEFORE. COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, I TOOK THE CAR TO DEALER AND THEY DIAGNOSED THAT "DRIVER SEAT MAT SENSOR AND CONTROL BOX" FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED FOR $1,237. BMW HAD A RECALL ON SEAT MAT SENSOR ON PRIOR YEAR MODELS AND NOW ITS OCCURRING IN OTHER YEAR MODELS AS WELL. *TR
WHILE DRIVING WITH MY WIFE, I RECEIVED AN ON-BOARD LIGHT AND SYMBOL INDICATOR. STATING THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG AND RESTRAINT SYSTEM FAILURE. THIS IS THE VERY SAME SENSOR THE (OC3 PASS SIDE MATT) THAT WAS RECALLED IN 2006 AND 2007 MODELS THAT HAD THE OC3 SENSOR. *TR
PASSENGER DETECTION MAT FAULTY CAUSING THE PASSENGER-SIDE AIRBAG TO DEACTIVATE AND THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE. IN 2008 THESE DETECTION MATS WERE RECALLED FOR BMW 7-SERIES THROUGH 2006 HOWEVER THEY WERE NOT RECALLED ON 2008 MODELS. DEALER REQUIRES $1.3K TO REPAIR. *TR
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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