2001 BMW 330I Air Bagssidewindow Problems

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM SCHOOL, ABOUT 30-35 MPH WHEN I HIT A POT HOLE. THE SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. I WAS RIDING ALONE & NOTHING WAS IN THE SEAT. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE SHOP & THAT WAS WHEN THE MAN WHO LOOKED AT THE CAR SAID THAT IT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT UNLESS SOMEONE WAS SITTING IN THE SEAT. ALSO, MY CAR ONE DAY JUST WOULDN'T UNLOCK OR IT WOULD START NOT LOCKING USING THE REMOTE. I USED THE KEY AND SOMETIMES IT WOULD WORK. IT WENT BACK TO NORMAL AFTER NOT TOUCHING IT FOR A FEW DAYS. MONTHS AFTER, IT STARTED DOING IT AGAIN. ID BE LOCKED OUT OR LOCKED IN. IT WOULDN'T WORK USING THE REMOTE, KEY, NOR MANUALLY FROM THE INSIDE. NOW, THE DRIVER DOOR WONT OPEN AT ALL, THUS I HAVE TO CRAWL ACROSS THE SEAT TO DRIVE. THE BACK BLINKER STARTED...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 BMW 330I. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE MAY HAVE BEEN TRIGGERED BY A POTHOLE IN THE ROAD. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE DRIVER WAS NOT INJURED. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS PUSHED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE ENGINE RESTARTED AND RESUMED NORMAL OPERATION. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE NEAREST AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS LOCATED 70 MILES AWAY. THE VEHICLE IS NOT BEING DRIVEN DUE TO THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 115,000.

WE WERE DRIVING MY 2001 BMW 330I THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT (70 MPH) IN MISSOURI ON HWY 57 NORTHBOUND IN THE RIGHT-HAND LANE WHEN SUDDENLY, AT MILE MARKER 19, THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION ON THE DRIVERS SIDE CAUSING THE DRIVER TO TEMPORARILY LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE IMPACT OF THE AIRBAGS HITTING HIM ON THE SIDE OF THE FACE, UP AGAINST HIS RIGHT ARM AND ELBOW, AND COVERING HIM WITH A LIGHT, WHITE POWDER. HE QUICKLY REGAINED CONTROL OF THE CAR AND MANAGED TO PULL OFF THE ROAD ON TO THE RIGHT SIDE SHOULDER, HITTING SEVERAL POTHOLES, SLICING INTO THE BOTH PASSENGER SIDE TIRES (SLICING THE SIDEWALLS) , DAMAGING THE RIMS AND DAMAGING THE ALIGNMENT ALL IN AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP THE CAR ON THE ROAD AND AVOID HAVING THE CAR CAREEN DOWN THE EMBANKMENT INTO THE RAVINE AND OFF INTO THE WOODS. UPON INSPECTION BY US...

THE CAR HIT A POTHOLE AND THE AIRBAG THAT RUNS ALONGSIDE THE ROOFLINE OF THE PASSENGER'S SEAT DEPLOYED. *JB

HITTING A POTHOLE CAUSED AN AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT. BOTH SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAGS AND THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR AIRBAG DEPLOYED. *NM

MY DRIVER SIDE CURTAIN AND DOOR AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AFTER HITTING A POT HOLE. THERE IS NO DAMEGE TO ANY SIDES OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER THEY DEPLOYED, THE CAR CUT OFF, AND I AM STILL ROLLING. HAZZARD LIGHTS DID COME ON. AND NOW, I AM SCARED TO DRIVE THE CAR.

I HIT A POTHOLE IN MY 2001 BMW 330I AT ABOUT 40 MPH AND MY TIRE RUPTURED. MY PASSENGER SIDE HEAD RESTRAINT AIRBAG DEPLOYED ALONG WITH THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT TENSIONERS. *JB

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING THE SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED FOR NO REASON CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO THE CONSUMER AND THEY WAS FORCED TO PULL OVER. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER WAS TO CLOSE TO THE MEDIAN AND DAMAGED THE TIRES, AS A RESULT BOTH DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AIRBAG DEPLOYED PREMATURELY (CLAIM#43-R604-736). *YD

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A SMOOTH ROAD, THE SIDE IMPACT AIR BAGS INADVERTANTLY DEPLOYED. *JG

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR AIR BAG DEPLOYED, RESULTING DAMAGE TO RIMS AND UNDERNEATH (CLAIM# 53-C792-940). *YD

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR AIR BAG DEPLOYED, RESULTING DAMAGE TO RIMS AND UNDERNEATH (CLAIM# 53-C792-940). *YD

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER WAS TO CLOSE TO THE MEDIAN AND DAMAGED THE TIRES, AS A RESULT BOTH DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AIRBAG DEPLOYED PREMATURELY (CLAIM#43-R604-736). *YD

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A SMOOTH ROAD, THE SIDE IMPACT AIR BAGS INADVERTANTLY DEPLOYED. *JG

AT AROUND 5:30PM AT THE STOP LIGHT OF THE BRUCKNER BLVD 138TH ST EXIT. I STEP ON THE GAS ...AND AT AROUNG 25 YARDS RAN OVER A POT HOLE PUNCTURING THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE, ALSO THE DEPLOYING THE RIDE SIDE AND PASSENGER HEAD AIRBAGS.*AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 TO 50 MPH VEHICLE WENT OVER A POTHOLE THAT CAUSED RIGHT FRONT TIRE TO BLOWOUT. HOWEVER, DRIVERS SIDE DOOR AIRBAG AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WE HIT AN AVERAGE SIZED POT HOLE AND THE SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. IT WAS VERY FRIGHTENING, AND MY RIGHT EAR IS RINGING. THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. THE CAR WAS A LOANER FROM THE DEALERSHIP, BECAUSE I HAD BROUGHT IN A COMPANY VEHICLE TO BE SERVICED. *AK *ET