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2006 BMW 330I seats problems

20 complaints about seats have been filed for the 2006 BMW 330I, which is 7% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
20 7% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
90,000 miles 19 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 1
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When seats problems show up

Seats complaints by mileage, 2006 BMW 330I Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 90,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 5 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 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: 90,000 miles
Based on 19 complaints that include mileage. 16% 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 miles2
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles5
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 19 seats complaints that report mileage, the median is about 90,000 miles, and 16% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 fire.

What owners wrote

Front passenger seat caught fire and burnt a hole from bottom up, took to the mechanic and he said it was from the airbag sensor that caught it fire, I was getting hair done at6 pm in evening, came out I hour later and smelt fire, looked and there was hole in seat, turned on air and rolled down windows, waived a magazine over it and made sure it was out. Drove home about 10 minutes away and air bag light came on.

Reported at 120,000 miles, July 2016 Fire

I have a passenger restraint system malfunction problem. I went to BMW dealership last week. But they told me my car is not on campaign so I have to fix out of my pocket. However, as I found on the recall list like below vehicle make / model: model year(s): BMW / 3 series 2006 BMW / 5 series 2004-2006 BMW / x3 2004-2006 summary: BMW is recalling 200,000 my 2006 3 series sport seat, my 2004-2006 5 series standard and sport seat, and my 2004-2006 x3 passenger vehicles.

Reported at 135,000 miles, February 2013

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