I am receiving a "passenger restraint malfunction" warning. this means that if i have any passengers in my car and an accident occur the air bag will not deploy on that side. this is a very unsafe situation that should be covered by bmw 10 year warranty.
Passenger restraint system malfunction message due to bad seat pad sensor which turned of the passenger side air bag incase of an accident.
Takata recall: i recently bought my used car from a nissan dealership. within the first month of operation, i noticed that a "passenger restraint system malfunction" would appear in the center console. it has not gone away since then. it will only display this message in the beginning when i turn my car on, while it's stationary. after that it just display's the airbag symbol in the bottom left corner of the odometer. this has me a little concerned since i do not want to be driving with anyone else if that means the passenger airbag will not deploy in case of an event. when i did my research online, i found out that several of other bmw owner where complaining about the same issue.
Passenger seat occupancy sensor mat is defective. car cannot properly tell if the seat is occupied. unknown if airbags would properly deploy in a crash. sensor is intermittent and deploys while driving or stationary, most typically when no-one in passenger seat.
Tl* the contact owns a 2012 bmw x3. while making a left turn at an unknown speed, the contact's vehicle was reversed into by another vehicle. all of the air bags deployed abruptly causing the driver to sustain injuries to the face, including swelling and nerve damage. medical attention was received and a police report was filed. the vehicle was towed to the dealer, but the diagnostic report was unavailable. the manufacturer was notified. the failure mileage was 34,000.