2015 BMW X3 Air Bags & Restraints Problems

My from passenger seatbelt will always beep even when no one is sitting in it and the back middle seat has the wrong seatbelt installed and isn’t correct for use, so I am not able to ever use it, I don’t even know how that’s even possible that it’s an incorrect one installed but it won’t click into place at al!!!!! It’s jot safe of I have three passengers in the back. It was on recall for certain models and mine was not included but it’s clearly a safety issue!!!

Intermittent, but frequent failure of seat occupancy sensor on front passenger seat. Appears to be related to occupancy weight sensor. As sensor is not functioning properly, passenger airbag is being unsafely deactivated, leading to lack of airbag deployment if a front end collision were to occur. Problem is reproducible, but has not been taken to dealer, nor has it been inspected. Warning alert displays, then turns off, then returns frequently while the front passenger seat is occupied.

I continue to get airbag warning light and front passenger seat occupant detection malfunction. I was told by local mechanic that ACSM fault codes are 930A60 and 930A1C.

Problem is that the display says "passenger restraint malfunction" -- which brings safety concern. Upon online search, it is likely caused by design flaw of passenger occupancy detector. Here are some reasons why it is design flaw (i.e. not just individual failure) 1. There has been a recall for the same problem for earlier year models (2006-2007 etc). It seems the other years have the same problem (previous recall wasn't a complete fix) 2. There is actually a third party electrical device online that bypass passenger occupancy detector (so that the car thinks passenger seat is occupied all the time) -- which indicates the commonality of the problem because it even became a profitable market.

Front passenger air bag seat occupancy sensor (OC3) mat. The air bag is on for a while "passenger restrain system", nothing really happened it appear one day and never left.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 BMW X3. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE, THE PASSENGER RESTRAINT MALFUNCTION WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. WHEN THE PASSENGER SEAT WAS OCCUPIED, "AIR BAG OFF" ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE AIR BAG MIGHT NOT DEPLOY IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.

BMW WAS REAR-ENDED WHEN VEHICLES WERE SLOWING DOWN AT SIGNAL. THE IMPACT FORCED MY CAR TO IT THE VEHICLE AT FRONT. BMW HAD GOOD IMPACT BOTH AT REAR AND FRONT PORTION. THE FRONT DRIVER AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY FOR THE FORCE OF IMPACT MY VEHICLE HAD.

PASSENGER SIDE 'AIRBAG OFF' WARNING LIGHT COMES ON ON INITIAL START, GOES OFF MOMENTARILY AND COMES BACK ON WITH ADULT MALE SEATED IN PASSENGER SEAT OR SEAT EMPTY. PAST MODELS SUFFERED FROM PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR CRACKING. IS THIS A PROBLEM WITH 2015 X3?

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 BMW X3. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V683000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

PASSENGER OCCUPANCY SENSOR FAILURE. REPORTED UNDER WARRANTY WHEN PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT, WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG. PROBLEM NOW PERSISTENT AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED AND FAILED STATE INSPECTION, CAN'T DRIVE UNTIL IT'S FIXED. THIS WAS A RECALL ITEM ON 2005-2010 X3'S AND SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH MANY MODELS AND YEARS OF BMW. CAR WARNS ABOUT PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEM FAILURE, RED AIRBAG LIGHT COMES ON. CONSTANTLY CHIMES WHILE DRIVING.

AIRBAGS DIDN'T DEPLOY IN HIGH-IMPACT FRONT END CRASH. VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 30-35 MPH. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.

ON APRIL 3 2015, WE WERE ABOUT START OUR 7 DAY SPRING BREAK TRIP TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FROM OUR HOME IN SAN DIEGO WHEN MY 8 YEAR OLD CHILD SAID SHE CAN'T PUT THE SEAT BELT BUCKLE ON (REAR RIGHT SIDE). I WAS SURPRISED AND ASKED HER TO TRY AGAIN BECAUSE I THOUGHT MAY BE SHE IS NOT ABLE TO REACH ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BUCKLE RECEPTOR BUT THE SEAT BELT WONT GO IN THE RECEPTOR. WITH HELP OF A FLASH LIGHT WE TRIED TO LOOK INTO THE RECEPTOR TO SEE THAT IF ANY DEBRIS GOT STUCK IN SIDE BUT THERE WAS NO DEBRIS INSTEAD THE LOOKED LIKE THE METAL LATCH WAS ALREADY IN LOCK POTION WITHOUT THE SEAT BELT. THIS WAS A VERY SCARY MOMENT FOR US AND ABOUT TO RUIN OUR VACATION. WE TOOK A CHANCE AND WITH HELP OF A SCREW DRIVER WE TRY TO PUSH THE METAL LATCH DOWN TO SEE IF WE CAN PUT THE SEATBELT ON. LUCKILY THE METAL PIECE GOT PUSHED DOWN AND WE WERE ABOUT TO PUT THE SEAT BELT ON. AFTER THAT WE VERY SCARED AND WORRIED IF SEAT BELT MAY NOT LATCH IS AGAIN. WE STARTED OBSERVING THE SEAT BELT LATCHING IN ALL OTHER 4 SEATS BELTS CLOSELY. AT LATER TIME I HAVE OBSERVED THAT DRIVER SEAT BELT LATCHING FEELS "VERY FLIMSY" WE REPORTED THIS TO BMW CUSTOMER SERVICE AND AT FIRST BMW SHOWED A VEY COLD AND ROUTINE RESPONSE TO OUR CONCERNS. IT IS ONLY WE TOLD THEM WE WILL REPORT THIS SAFETY INCIDENT TO APPROPRIATE FEDERAL AGENCY, THEY TRIED TO HELP LITTLE BIT. WHEN TOOK THAT CAR TO A BMW DEALER SHIP ASKED TO CHECK ALL THE SEAT BELT LATCHING ISSUE, THEY ONLY REPLACED REAR RIGHT SIDE SEAT BELT RECEPTOR AND HAVE SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM FOUND IN OTHER SEAT BELTS. I AM STILL NOT CONVINCED AND STILL FEEL THE LATCHING IN THE 2015 BMW X3 IS TO BE "FLIMSY". I WANT TO REPORT THIS AS SERIOUS PASSENGER SAFETY ISSUE AND POOR QUALITY OF SO CALLED HIGH END CARS FOR WHICH CUSTOMERS PAY HUGE PREMIUM BECAUSE THESE CARS DEEMED MORE SAFER THAN OTHER CARS. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME IN CASE. *TR