BMW 5 Series Airbags & seat belts problems
6.93 vs. all vehicles Too few recent reports to judge
50 of the 190 complaints about the BMW 5 Series (26.3%) concern Airbags & seat belts, making it the model's largest problem area. That share is 6.9× the Airbags & seat belts share across all tracked vehicles.
50Complaints · Airbags & seat belts
26.3%Share of complaints
6.93×vs. all vehicles
1Last 12 months
8.0%Share involving a crash or fire
0Related recalls
Analysis
1 Airbags & seat belts complaint was filed in the last 12 months.
4 of these reports (8.0%) describe a crash or fire, with 4 injuries and 0 deaths mentioned.
No recall campaign addresses Airbags & seat belts for the tracked model years.
By model year
When complaints were filed
Last 12 months: 1 · Previous 12 months: 9
What owners report
The seatbelt/passenger seat fails to recognize a passenger is occupying the seat and turns off the airbag. This issue has been reported many times to BMW and on vehicle forums.
Constantly pops up a message for passenger restraint system malfunction. I had an accident where I swerved off the road into a ditch at about 60 mph.
Passenger seat occupancy sensor faulty causing restraint system malfunction and seat belt warning
Passenger Restraint service message. Possibly related to airbag seat or floor sensor. Checked BMW customer forums and appears to be widespread issue.
I had a diagnostic done and it was discovered that the passenger seat airbag is defective and needs to be replaced
It keeps coming up with the error message passenger restraint system malfunction
Excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA, trimmed for length. The ODI number is NHTSA's record identifier.
Related recalls
No recall campaign addresses Airbags & seat belts for the tracked model years.