[NorthernCAE90]

Hey all so im driving today to work and all of a sudden i look down and notice that the Red lights for Seat belt & Air bag are illuminated? Nothing happened i was just driving, so i didnt have time to look at it because i had to get into work, when i took my lunch i was reading some stuff on here and remember there's a Recall going on for 2006 325I's upon other early model e90s for a bad passenger sensor mat or something in that matter. So i go out to my car, put the key in, dont start it and it already illuminates the seatbelt & airbag light again, So i just checked my connections under both seats and are fine (as they should be) and then i just decide to click the Passenger seat belt in (because i read that it could be the seatbelt sensor or something like that) and when i clicked the passenger seat belt the above notifier(by sunroof control's) for "passenger air bag is off" became illuminated???! Does this mean i have the recall symptoms?? If not what do you think it is?

Thanks all for your help.

[9352e90]

Originally Posted by NorthernCAE90

Hey all so im driving today to work and all of a sudden i look down and notice that the Red lights for Seat belt & Air bag are illuminated? Nothing happened i was just driving, so i didnt have time to look at it because i had to get into work, when i took my lunch i was reading some stuff on here and remember there's a Recall going on for 2006 325I's upon other early model e90s for a bad passenger sensor mat or something in that matter. So i go out to my car, put the key in, dont start it and it already illuminates the seatbelt & airbag light again, So i just checked my connections under both seats and are fine (as they should be) and then i just decide to click the Passenger seat belt in (because i read that it could be the seatbelt sensor or something like that) and when i clicked the passenger seat belt the above notifier(by sunroof control's) for "passenger air bag is off" became illuminated???! Does this mean i have the recall symptoms?? If not what do you think it is?

Thanks all for your help.

That a little different then the way the problem presented to me, but it is likely related. My service rep said the wires in the seat bolster were too thin and were placed near to the edge of the seat which causes them to fray. I'd take it in, it sounds like this is probably your problem.

[3s4u2]

E90 Post recall-Mat http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=925434

[NorthernCAE90]

Originally Posted by 9352e90

That a little different then the way the problem presented to me, but it is likely related. My service rep said the wires in the seat bolster were too thin and were placed near to the edge of the seat which causes them to fray. I'd take it in, it sounds like this is probably your problem.

Yeah HOPEFULLY its something related i dont want to cash out on some dumb airbag crap. But do you think i should just call? because i believe they said they will start maintenance on it in march. I have not received the letter that went out in January. I am the 2nd owner of the car.

Originally Posted by 3s4u2

E90 Post recall-Mat http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=925434

Yeah i know i posted on this a couple weeks ago ironically and now i get this LOL kinda funny in a way if you ask me( sometimes you just have to laugh)

[ctuna]

I have the recall on my 325 .
There was a guy the had just bought a car on bimmerfest had
the same problem and his dealer wasn't acknowledging
the recall. I put my vin number in this BMW recall app and it
shows I don't have a recall yet I have the recall letter in my hands.
I would call the customer relations number in the link above and see what they say.

[AceOnShake]

I was wondering if a march of 05 build e90 would qualify for this? I didn't get anything in the mail to my knowledge.

[ctuna]

In the US all the e90 325's are 06 models regardless.
The build date might be in 05 but it still and 06 model.
Although I thought they didn't start building the e90's till mid
summer. Like August or September.
At least I think that's the way it goes.

[NorthernCAE90]

Originally Posted by ctuna

In the US all the e90 325's are 06 models regardless.
The build date might be in 05 but it still and 06 model.
Although I thought they didn't start building the e90's till mid
summer. Like August or September.
At least I think that's the way it goes.

Oh really its all 06 e90 325's? because i know they were still making the CI's in 06. mine is a December 05 build date.

[ctuna]

the coupe generally follows the sedan by a year when
there is a design change.
But its still the e46 in this case I think just like
it did with the F30's. But they changed the series number
this time.
06 was the only year for 325 e90's I believe and also
there were a lot of e46 325's in the US but the US market is different than the world market where the 325 and 323 still live on . And where we never got 320's till this year.
Most here talk about the US models defacto and don't


take into account what the rest of the world gets,
as we don't see it.
If its a December 05 build its still an 06 model they begin building the 06 model generally in the middle of the preceding year. Build dates do not equate to model numbers, since car companys can start the build of the new model at any time an define it as next years model.

So I guess I am wrong
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMW_3_S...5.E2.80.932013
But it seems strange to me I never see an 05 e90 mentioned here before.

This implys its a 2006 model

http://www.reveuro.com/buyers-guide/...eries/e90.html

[ryanalex]

I think this is happening to me now. In Canada. Vehiclehistory.com shows I have the recall but the BMW site doesn't. Has this happened to anyone else?

[JB20DGM]

Originally Posted by ryanalex

I think this is happening to me now. In Canada. Vehiclehistory.com shows I have the recall but the BMW site doesn't. Has this happened to anyone else?

The BMW recall didn't apply to the non-sport seats for some reason in the 3-series. But BMW knew there was an issue because eventually they extended the warranty on the OC3 (passenger occupancy sensor mat) to 15yr/unlimited miles from the in-service date for certain models (TIS service bulletin SI B01 01 18)...doesn't really help with a 2006 at this point though.

Two ways to fix it...when I searched a lot of people were just bypassing the sensor with an emulator since it's less expensive and takes less work.

I fixed it by replacing the OC3 mat (and seat foam it's attached to by extension) and re-coding the car with the new mat as once I replaced it I had a code stating the OC3 wasn't "released" and the solution was to re-code the module. I'm not sure what a dealer would charge, but the part was ~$700 and I did all the work myself in a couple of hours.