Consumer Complaint Detail

BMW / 325CI / 2001

Recalls
1 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 002100072 Incident Date: Sep, 14 2002
Consumer's City: WESTFIELD Consumer's State: NJ
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: BMW of North America, LLC
Model Name: 325CI Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Air bags:side/window
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 1
Vehicle's VIN#: WBABN33471J Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 18 2002 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Sep, 30 2000
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Passenger side deployed while no pasenger was riding. smart intelligence airbag failed to function. relate to a previous complaint, air bag deployed while driving on highway 30mph,. causing driver lose control of vehicle, no additonal passenger. note: airbag should not deploy on the passenger side if no one is riding. the intelligence airbag system only activates airbag when there is a person sitting there--clearly a defect, unlike bmw's pervoius claim that there is no problem, or previous recalls. *ak