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2004 BMW 525I seat belts problems

14 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the seat belts on the 2004 BMW 525I17% of all complaints for this model year.

14
Seat Belts complaints
17%
share of all complaints
70,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Passenger restraint system warning appears each time we get into the vehicle and start the ignition. Airbag deployment red icon constantly illuminated on the dashboard. The air conditioning system is not working properly. The car does not cool or get cold until the car is in motion. We had a…

    filed Jul 15, 2017

  • Passenger restraint system light on,effecting airbag,belt tensioner or belt force limiter. Called bmw was told vin number not in recall how can that be recall is for 2004 bmw. Cost is over 1000. Car was stationary.

    filed Mar 5, 2017

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Seat Belts problems in other 525I years

YearReportsShare
2007 525I68%
2006 525I79%
2005 525I720%
2003 525I26%
2002 525I311%
1995 525I313%
525I seat belts problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.