Replacing the seat mat sensor out of warranty?
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Somewhat related is my 2008 X3. It has had a faulty seat belt warning frequently with nothing in the seat. This has happened consistently since we bought it new 3 years ago. Recall did not cover 2008 - only earlier. Dealer, on many occasions, stated it could not be duplicated and there was no fault message in the "saved" error/fault messages. That makes sense since it is not a "fault" when the alarm goes off - it is only a fault if nothing is in the seat - which the sensor cannot distinguish beause it thinks something is in the seat.
My factory warranty expires in about 7 months and I am worried I will not get this fixed under the factory warranty.
Several months ago my dealership finally agreed, only after I recorded the event on my iPhone -live- nothing in the seat- alarm going off- no fault message- did he agree to order me an entire new seat. But it has never arrived.
I am afraid to go over the dealer's head to BMWNA.
My factory warranty expires in about 7 months and I am worried I will not get this fixed under the factory warranty.
Several months ago my dealership finally agreed, only after I recorded the event on my iPhone -live- nothing in the seat- alarm going off- no fault message- did he agree to order me an entire new seat. But it has never arrived.
I am afraid to go over the dealer's head to BMWNA.
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I had this error and the dealership wanted $500+ to fix it. So what i did was took it to an independent BMW shop, they charged me $70 to "realign" the sensor or something like that. It's been 2 months and so far, so good. No errors.
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Somewhat related is my 2008 X3. It has had a faulty seat belt warning frequently with nothing in the seat. This has happened consistently since we bought it new 3 years ago. Recall did not cover 2008 - only earlier. Dealer, on many occasions, stated it could not be duplicated and there was no fault message in the "saved" error/fault messages. That makes sense since it is not a "fault" when the alarm goes off - it is only a fault if nothing is in the seat - which the sensor cannot distinguish beause it thinks something is in the seat.
My factory warranty expires in about 7 months and I am worried I will not get this fixed under the factory warranty.
Several months ago my dealership finally agreed, only after I recorded the event on my iPhone -live- nothing in the seat- alarm going off- no fault message- did he agree to order me an entire new seat. But it has never arrived.
I am afraid to go over the dealer's head to BMWNA.
My factory warranty expires in about 7 months and I am worried I will not get this fixed under the factory warranty.
Several months ago my dealership finally agreed, only after I recorded the event on my iPhone -live- nothing in the seat- alarm going off- no fault message- did he agree to order me an entire new seat. But it has never arrived.
I am afraid to go over the dealer's head to BMWNA.
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I have the same error on my car, took it to the dealer and its certianly not the Sensor -- Guess what, its the BST cable
I am going to take care of it later sometime but I just want to say - Its wise to first know exactly what you have to do, rather than doing something you think would solve the problem and spending a lot more money
I am going to take care of it later sometime but I just want to say - Its wise to first know exactly what you have to do, rather than doing something you think would solve the problem and spending a lot more money
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I have the same error on my car, took it to the dealer and its certianly not the Sensor -- Guess what, its the BST cable
I am going to take care of it later sometime but I just want to say - Its wise to first know exactly what you have to do, rather than doing something you think would solve the problem and spending a lot more money
I am going to take care of it later sometime but I just want to say - Its wise to first know exactly what you have to do, rather than doing something you think would solve the problem and spending a lot more money
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My Ride: 2007 525 XI
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I just bought a 2007 525 XI two weeks ago from Car Max. Two days later that same error showed up. I took it back and they sent it to the dealership, they relaced the pad and the bill was $867.50.
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