Just call your dealership, speak to your service advisor and get it done. It's a painless process. Don't wait for a letter to show up. They know which cars are affected and will tell you if yours is one.
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So I just took in my brother's 2004 323i to the Irvine BMW dealership here in Lake Forest, CA. They took a few hours to complete the job, and when I got the car back... the airbag light was suddenly on. So I called them same day and told them about the issue. They said it has nothing to do with the passenger side airbag & that it was with the driver's side. I told them, "look: I left you with the car without an airbag light, you replaced the airbag light, and now the airbag light is on. Aside from removing yourself of any responsibility before even diagnosing the car, how do you guys know it has nothing to do with the job you guys completed?" They agreed to diagnose it and check. After the weekend, I took the car in and they told me the car is having an issue with the passenger airbag sensor. They made it clear that it has nothing to do with the recall, and all to do with a separate section of the vehicle in the sensor. I said "Okay, well show me in paper how it broke. What exactly is wrong with it?" Two days later without my car, they call me and tell me that it appears as if the technician sat on the car and broke the sensor, however they also suggest that it was faulty to begin with, and that they figured it out from the job. Irvine BMW says it's an $850 dollar repair, tax & labor included. They said the tax and labor runs $520 which they will cover, and all I have to do is buy the part for $230. The part in question is the Passenger Seat Mat Sensor. Is this a fair quote? Shouldn't they be covering the whole expense? I haven't been on bimmerforums in almost a decade, but it's the first place I thought of when having a question for a BMW. Any suggestions or comments are greatly appreciated. I didn't want to create a thread as this is pertinent to the sticky, so I apologize if this is hijacking/ranting! Cheers
Man, what a CROCK!! No light when you took it in, light after you got it back. Seems cut and dried to me. I would definitely be reporting that to the Better Business Bureau and possibly your state Attorney General's Consumer Affairs division. Good luck!!
Before you go all crazy, just let it be known that the passanger side seat mat is a very common fail point on the E-36's (Post 95) and E-46's. I would purchase the part and get the free labor to install it, at least they are admiting to being partial to blame for the problem.
Darin
Current:
16 220i Active Tourer Platinsilver MET (C08)/Dakota Black (PDSW), P7ACA, P7LDA, P7LHA, P9BDA, 6sp Manual - Wife's new toy!
05 325it Electric Red(438)/Gray(N6TT) ZCW, ZSP 5sp Manual Back set cover, trunk mat, Euro Infra-Rot front windshield, and mud flaps! Mr. Wagon My new Winter car.
05 M3 Imolarot II(405)/Gray(N5TT) ZCW, ZPP 6sp Manual C.F. Lip, CSL diffuser, SSK, Euro Infra-Rot front windshield and a trunk liner! Mr. Go_Fast Stored for the Winter
Past:
95 318is Montreal Blue Met (297)/Beige(K1SN) RIP, killed by an Idiot.
84 M535i gray market Burgandy Rot Met/Black Leather Lowered by Intrax on bilies, poly everywhere, B&B cat back system, K&N, and a hitch! Da Beast - Still running w/400k+!
91 316i euro Tizianrot/Gray cloth - E-36 w/M-40 RIP, but great on gas! Best was 38 MPG
82 528i euro Saphire Blue Met/Blue Leather RIP
79 525 euro Green/Green RIP
79 318 Silver/Black - The first one that got it all started
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I really wish I could get mine in before I drive my pregnant wife up to Maine and back in May.
FINALLY! Checked BMW USA and both safety recalls for my VIN are marked as "REMEDY AVAILABLE". Now I just have to get this scheduled and taken care of
Yay! I have an appointment on Tuesday evening to have both recall jobs done; passenger side airbag and tail light wiring. Also, seeing on the BMWUSA site that the driver's side airbag is on recall as well (May 27, 2015 | Recall Campaign No. 15V-318), although the remediation is not yet ready. Good Stuff!
And here I just booked the M3 in for it's passenger side airbag! Ah well look like it's going to be another trip back to the dealership for that one too. The good thing is on the button style airbag, only takes 20 minutes to exchange out.
Darin
Current:
16 220i Active Tourer Platinsilver MET (C08)/Dakota Black (PDSW), P7ACA, P7LDA, P7LHA, P9BDA, 6sp Manual - Wife's new toy!
05 325it Electric Red(438)/Gray(N6TT) ZCW, ZSP 5sp Manual Back set cover, trunk mat, Euro Infra-Rot front windshield, and mud flaps! Mr. Wagon My new Winter car.
05 M3 Imolarot II(405)/Gray(N5TT) ZCW, ZPP 6sp Manual C.F. Lip, CSL diffuser, SSK, Euro Infra-Rot front windshield and a trunk liner! Mr. Go_Fast Stored for the Winter
Past:
95 318is Montreal Blue Met (297)/Beige(K1SN) RIP, killed by an Idiot.
84 M535i gray market Burgandy Rot Met/Black Leather Lowered by Intrax on bilies, poly everywhere, B&B cat back system, K&N, and a hitch! Da Beast - Still running w/400k+!
91 316i euro Tizianrot/Gray cloth - E-36 w/M-40 RIP, but great on gas! Best was 38 MPG
82 528i euro Saphire Blue Met/Blue Leather RIP
79 525 euro Green/Green RIP
79 318 Silver/Black - The first one that got it all started
M-Flight Member
Got the passenger airbag and tail-light wiring issues fixed last night. Man, free work at the stealership is great!
I bought my 325xi in January. I received a letter from BMW yesterday. They will find you!
It also said they don't have any parts for this yet, but they will let me know when they come available
I just got a letter this week that now my driver's airbag is being recalled.
Awesome....
Hello,
I recommend calling right now to get on the waiting list for the driver side. I called for my dad's M3 E46 and he is currently on the waiting list at our local BMW center. Does anyone know though about when the driver side airbag fix is coming? I still have heard nothing and I'm wondering when it is coming out. Thank you.
This is a second one for the driver's airbag out now. I will expect it to be about the same amount of time like the passenger side: Summer 2016
Darin
Current:
16 220i Active Tourer Platinsilver MET (C08)/Dakota Black (PDSW), P7ACA, P7LDA, P7LHA, P9BDA, 6sp Manual - Wife's new toy!
05 325it Electric Red(438)/Gray(N6TT) ZCW, ZSP 5sp Manual Back set cover, trunk mat, Euro Infra-Rot front windshield, and mud flaps! Mr. Wagon My new Winter car.
05 M3 Imolarot II(405)/Gray(N5TT) ZCW, ZPP 6sp Manual C.F. Lip, CSL diffuser, SSK, Euro Infra-Rot front windshield and a trunk liner! Mr. Go_Fast Stored for the Winter
Past:
95 318is Montreal Blue Met (297)/Beige(K1SN) RIP, killed by an Idiot.
84 M535i gray market Burgandy Rot Met/Black Leather Lowered by Intrax on bilies, poly everywhere, B&B cat back system, K&N, and a hitch! Da Beast - Still running w/400k+!
91 316i euro Tizianrot/Gray cloth - E-36 w/M-40 RIP, but great on gas! Best was 38 MPG
82 528i euro Saphire Blue Met/Blue Leather RIP
79 525 euro Green/Green RIP
79 318 Silver/Black - The first one that got it all started
M-Flight Member
Got mine done the other day in Glasgow, couldn't have asked for better service! They treated me as if I were buying a brand new BMW not taking in a 12 year old one!
Free health check, pointed out a few good things with no pressure or hints that they wanted to take my money for a quick fix!
They might be expensive to run but their service is amazing!
Any word on the drivers side airbag with the sports wheel? I checked with the NHTSA site but nothing is showing yet.
Everyone MAKE SURE you examine your fuses if you have had this service performed.
Last night I discovered that my airbag fuse had been removed and not replaced. It's highly probable the dealer did this as an "additional precaution" or simply a shortcut to disable the airbags before replacing the passenger airbag. Fairly confident that I did NOT buy the car this way (no reason to - it was mint) and I'm insanely anal when I'm doing anything in the fuse box. Fucking unbelievable that the morons overlooked this - and I guarantee you if I'd gotten into an accident and they hadn't deployed, it would've been pinned on me because I do my own work and I'm "not a mechanic" and there's no way to prove they left it out.
CHECK YOUR FUSES! Your life & those of others could depend on it.
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