2006 BMW 330I Complaints

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BMW 330I. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V318000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PARTS OR REMEDY FOR THE RECALL WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAD EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BMW 330I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE UNKNOWN.

AIR BAG AND SEAT BELT WARNING LIGHTS (RED) CAME ON INDICATING RESTRAINT SYSTEMN FAILURE. BATTER CHANGED THREE MONTHS AGO. CAR TAKEN IN TO SHOP AND SYSTEM "RESET" THINKING IT WAS DUE TO THE BATTERY BEING REPLACED. BOTH AIR BAG AND SEAT BELT WARNING LIGHTS HAVE COME BACK ON. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME THERE HAD BEEN A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM AND SUGGESTED I CONTACT DEALER. CALLED BMW OF MONROVIA, CA AND WAS INFORMED THAT MY VEHICLE ID NUMBER WAS NOT LISTED FOR THE RECALL. SINCE THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY COMPLAINTS LISTED, SHOULD BMW ISSUE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED AND NOT AFTER A DEATH AS USUALLY HAPPENS?

PASSENGER SEAT AIRBAGS ARE DISABLED DUE TO RESTRAINT DETECTION MALFUNCTION. A MESSAGE APPEARS UPON TURNING ON THE VEHICLE WHICH STATES THAT DUE TO RESTRAINT SYSTEM DETECTION FAULT, PASSENGER AIRBAGS AND RESTRAINT SYSTEM WILL BE TURNED OFF. PROBLEM STARTED AS AN INTERMITTENT ISSUE AND DEVELOPED INTO A CONTINUAL ONE. HAPPENED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN APRIL 2014 AND HAS CONTINUED TO WORSEN. CAR IS EQUIPPED WITH BMW OEM SPORT SEATS. THIS ISSUE APPEARS TO BE IN LINE WITH RECALL FROM NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 13V-564. HOWEVER, BMW DOES NOT RECOGNIZE MY VIN AS BEING A PART OF THIS RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BMW 330I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE WAS 112,000.

I AM FILING THIS SAFETY VEHICLE COMPLAINT ON MY 2006 BMW 330I. WHAT FIRST BEGAN AS A SMELL OF FUEL INSIDE THE CAR ESCALATED TO A STRONG SMELL OF GAS, AFTER LOOKING AT THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE VEHICLE I DISCOVERED FUEL LEAKING DOWN THE DRIVER'S SIDE GAS TANK INCHES AWAY FROM THE HOT EXHAUST. TRACKING WHERE THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM, I REMOVED THE PASSENGER REAR SEAT AND DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL PUMP PLASTIC HOUSING DEVELOPED CRACKS ALL AROUND CAUSING THE FUEL TO ESCAPE BELOW THE PASSENGER SEAT DOWN THE GAS TANK. THE VEHICLE OPERATES FINE AND THERE ARE NO DASH LIGHTS INDICATING THAT THERE ARE ANY FAILURES OF FUEL, HOWEVER, IT SEEMS THE FUEL HAS BROKEN DOWN THE PLASTIC HOUSING OF THE FUEL PUMP OVER TIME, RESULTING IN AN ENORMOUS LOSS OF FUEL WHEN THE VEHICLE IS RUNNING. I AM VERY GLAD I DISCOVERED THIS ISSUE, WHICH I BELIEVE IS AN ENORMOUS SAFETY ISSUE AND CONSIDER MYSELF LUCKY THAT I DIDN'T CATCH ON FIRE ON MY LAST DRIVE. I WILL FOLLOW-UP WITH BMW'S HOTLINE BECAUSE I AM CERTAIN THERE ARE OTHER DRIVERS THAT OWN THE I90 SERIES THAT MAY BE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AND HOPE NHTSA CAN PUT THIS ON THEIR BULLETIN AND OPEN AN INVESTIGATION ON THE SERIOUS ISSUE.

MY PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG SENSOR MAT HAS FAILED. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED ON THIS VEHICLE. OTHER MODELS OF THE 2006 BMW 3 SERIES ARE INCLUDED IN A PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR RECALL. I FEEL MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN WRONGLY LEFT OUT OF THE RECALL.

ON 7/12/14 THE AIRBAG CAME ON FOR THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT AND TURN OFF THE AIRBAG SAFETY FOR THIS SEAT AND REALLY BELIEVED IT'S A PROBLEM WITHE MAT AIRBAG SENSOR IN THAT SEAT BUT I DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY RECALL LETTERS FROM YOU MY CAR STILL WITH THIS PROBLEM THAT PUT MY FAMILY ON RISK IF I HAVE AN ACCIDENT.

ABOUT JUNE 1, 2011, MY 2006 BMW 330I (SPORT SEATS) HAD A RED AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATE. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE LOCAL BMW DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD IT WOULD COST ME A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. THE SERVICE MANAGER ASKED IF I RECENTLY CHANGED BATTERIES AND I SAID THAT I DID. HE SAID SOMETIMES THE AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON IF THE BATTERY WASN'T INSTALLED PROPERLY. IN 2014, I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT BMW KNEW OF A PROBLEM WITH AIRBAGS IN THEIR 2006 330I VEHICLES- ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH SPORT SEATS. THE REPORT I READ STATED THAT THERE WOULD BE A VOLUNTARY RECALL BY THE END OF 2014. I CONTACTED BMW AND THEY CONFIRMED, BY EMAIL, THERE WOULD BE A RECALL FOR SPECIFIC 2006 330I VEHICLES WITH SPORT SEATS. UPON CHECKING A RECALL WEBSITE, MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DESPITE THE FACT THAT MY VEHICLE SUFFERS FROM THE PROBLEM THAT INITIATED THE RECALL. BMW KNOWS THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH AIRBAGS IN CERTAIN VEHICLES, THEY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO RECALL ALL OF THEM.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 BMW 330I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR FAILED AS THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DETERMINED THAT THE AIR BAG INFLATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V428000 (AIR BAG). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 113,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.