2006 BMW X3 owner complaints

Pertaining to BMW recall campaign 17v-605. This recall has been going on for more than two years and the manufacturer does not have any idea when parts will be available. The part in question is available for purchase from dealers. I don't feel that BMW is handling this recall properly, especially as it concerns passenger safety. The affected part is the passenger seat airbag sensor mat.

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 BMW x3. The contact was driving approximately 30 MPH when the passenger air bag warning light illuminated. The passenger seat was occupied at the time of the failure. The contact stated that the light would sporadically illuminate over a six month period whether the passenger seat was occupied or not. The dealer advised the contact that his vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign id number: 08v384000 (air bags:frontal). The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 93,539.

Dealer states my occupancy detection mat was already reworked, however the original mat is still in the seat and no evidence exists to show what was done to prevent future fatigue of the mat. The date code on the mat is 2005 and the dealer stated it only needed replacing if it showed visible cracking during inspection. They stated it wasn't required to replace it but the date of warranty started from date of inspection.

The contact owns a 2006 BMW X3. The contact stated that while driving at 30 MPH, the contact rear-ended another vehicle. All the air bags except for the passenger’s side air bag deployed upon impact. The contact suffered a migraine from the collision but did not receive medical attention but planned to go to urgent care afterward. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was not totaled. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. Prior to the failure, the dealer serviced the recall under NHTSA Campaign Number: 17V605000 (Air Bags). The failure mileage was approximately 130,000.

Serious saftey issue the seat occupancy detection mat in the front passenger seat was replaced by BMW once in this vehicle while it was under warranty under manufacture's defect code: 6577081500. It has failed a second time at 82,000 miles. There is a recall for this issue but the VIN is not covered in he recall. My vehicle was apparently manufactured right when BMW started installing updated sensors. This is not a coincidence. It has failed twice. It is a serious safety issue. *tr

"takata recall' my vehicle has the very same issues as the ones being recalled, but it is not on the recall list. My passenger airbag light stays on indication it is not on even when someone is sitting in the seat.it never go off. Rather in motion or stationary.

Failure of front passenger airbag safety system as described in NHTSA action number ea08001 for my 2006 BMW x3 (54,700 miles). *tr

Tl* the contact owned a 2006 BMW x3. While driving at an unknown speed, the contact's shoe became entangled with the accelerator pedal. As a result, the vehicle crashed into a tree. The contact stated that the air bag indicator illuminated. The air bags did not deploy. A police report was not filed and there were no injuries reported. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 75,000.

Had an accident on a city street. Vehicle was in motion & impact was on the front bumper. All airbags deployed except passenger side airbag. Vehicle had the passenger side airbag lamp illuminated for a while before the accident. Called dealer and BMW long back when I initially came to know about the recall. But I was told that my VIN is not in the recall list. Luckily there was no one in the passenger seat when the accident happened, else would have been worse. NHTSA campaign number: 08v384000

While driving, with driver's heated seat set on high (3 lights for heated seat control), driver noted a burning smell. Driver turned off cabin heat, heated seat and pulled off the road to identify the source of the strong burning smell. Heated seat had burned through the leather seat and the external layer of the driver's down filled wool coat. Vehicle was in motion on a residential street, manual transmission in 3rd gear, straight road. Occurred on 12/16/19. Included 2 pictures of the burnt leather seat and 1 picture of the driver's burnt coat. Seat and coat were burned, no live flame.

Driver's seat heater element overheating. Turned on seat dec 2015, got too hot. Used diaper to insulate leg. Seat heater melted diaper to leather. I have not used it since. An internet search indicates this is happening to other cars of this model.

Heated seat getting too hot too fast. Burning smell.

Within two minutes of driving, on a city street, the car with the heated seats on, I smelled a burning smell and thought it was coming from another car. But the smell got stronger and it didn't smell like a car-related smell. Eventually, the smell got so strong and pungent and I suddenly had a sharp pain on my left hip and I realized it the heated seat was burning me. The pain was so acute I had to lift myself off of the seat, which was dangerous and could've resulted in an accident, and I immediately pulled over and turned off the heated seats. Once I turned the heated seat off the pain and smell dissipated. I got out of the car and there was a clear burn hole both on the seat and on my pants. The smell of burnt fabric lasted in the car for several days and for the rest of the day I exper

Problem with the driver's seat heating mat. Problem with determining the cause of errors posted on the photo

Had been ongoing for a couple months the heated seat was malfunctioning. You would turn it on and the driver seat in the left side would start to heat up beginning from the butt area ending by the knee to the point where it was starting to sting and making it really uncomfortable to sit. Just recently the seat heater got really hot to the point it burned the leather and burned my wifes butt. Go to inspect it while it was on and while pushing down slightly where the burnt hole was, sparks began coming out

Internal headlight wiring is extremely flaking off its insulation, revealing bare wires throughout both headlights. Both sections of the light are affected, xenon and halogen. Discovered during routine bulb replacement. Merely touching the wires caused extra flaking. Seems to be a potential electrocution/fire hazard.

I turned on my heated seat and within about a minute and a half I smelled a burning smell. Pulled over as I started to feel a burn on my leg because the seat heater has burnt through the leather in my car. This is a known problem at BMW and they have not issued a recall for this.

We were driving in cold weather and activated the seat warmers on the driver and front passenger sides when we detected an odor of something burning and smoking. We stopped and got out of our SUV and discovered a burnt hole/spot on the driver's seat, lower left seat back bolster. On taking it our BMW dealer for repair, we were told that the seat warmer was defective and that is what caused the burnt hole/spot on the seat back, I.e., "failed component 3". Further we were told that our SUV was two months out of warranty, and that the cost of repair would cost $2,900. We have searched the internet and discovered similar malfunctions on bmws equipped with seat warmers. Further, we had to replace the seat warmer system on the front passenger side approximately two years ago because it too

The intake boot between the mass air sensor and the throttle body cracks over time. This causes the check engine light to come on. Even though this is a known failure item, and the car is within the cpo warranty period, BMW does not cover any hoses or tubes, as they believe they are "wear" items. Since it is not covered its a $175 dollar diagnostic fee and $38.54 for the part vs $50 deductible. You do not know if your repair is covered until the diagnostic, so short of having to take it to another mechanic to have it checked you could be penalized $125 for wanting you car repaired under the extended warranty which you paid extra for. *tr

My drivers seat belt randomly unlatches while I am driving. This has happened more than 10 times , both on side streets and the freeway. A week ago I was coming home and about a block from my house the seat belt light lit up on my dash and started dinging. My seat belt was latched. It continued to ding until I got home and turned off the vehicle.