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2013 BMW X1 Sav air bags problems

32 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the air bags on the 2013 BMW X1 Sav50% of all complaints for this model year.

32
Air Bags complaints
50%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
2 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Passenger air bag light coming on and off and seatbelt light always on while driving two days after recall for driver airbag was done this issue started. The dealership person told me that I had to wait until the lights are steady to fix the problem , something about a sensor or weight mat.

    filed Jul 1, 2019

  • The brakes will not hold on wet streets. They also will not hold on snow covered streets. You have to pump them when you try to hold them down .sometimes when you hold them down they lock in place. A failure of the brake vacuum pump results in the reduced braking power that coul increase the risk…

    filed May 10, 2019

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

Air Bags problems in other X1 Sav years

YearReportsShare
2015 X1 Sav2969%
2014 X1 Sav3763%
X1 Sav air bags 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.