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2006 BMW 325I seats problems

Owners reported seats problems in 29 complaints for the 2006 BMW 325I, 4% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
29 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
92,000 miles 22 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When seats problems show up

Seats complaints by mileage, 2006 BMW 325I Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 92,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 5 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 5 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 92,000 miles
Based on 22 complaints that include mileage. 18% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles1
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles5
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles5
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 22 seats complaints that report mileage, the median is about 92,000 miles, and 18% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the seats complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

I have a 2006 BMW 325I sedan with sports seats that failed the seatbelt warning sensor on the passenger seat due to a defective "occupancy sensor." this is exactly the issue as outlined in action number ea08001 but because the cars build date was later than stated in the recall is not covered. The problem exists in all 2006 cars and was not resolved by the manufacturer. Cost was $1,000 for replacement and 3 days at BMW.

Reported at 101,714 miles, September 2010

Air bag seat sensor failure. I would like to add my entry to the long list of BMW 325 owners that should have been covered by the front seat occupant protection mat defect recall (see NHTSA campaign number: 13v564000), but apparently are not. According to BMW, my car was made a month before I.e. Nov 2005, the recall date parameters, which stared in dec 2005. This involves a faulty passenger occupancy sensor malfunction that disables the airbags in 2006 e90 BMW 3 series sedan.

Reported at 75,000 miles, May 2016

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