2012 BMW X3 Seat Belts Problems

PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPANCY SENSOR MAT IS DEFECTIVE. CAR CANNOT PROPERLY TELL IF THE SEAT IS OCCUPIED. UNKNOWN IF AIRBAGS WOULD PROPERLY DEPLOY IN A CRASH. SENSOR IS INTERMITTENT AND DEPLOYS WHILE DRIVING OR STATIONARY, MOST TYPICALLY WHEN NO-ONE IN PASSENGER SEAT.

TAKATA RECALL: I RECENTLY BOUGHT MY USED CAR FROM A NISSAN DEALERSHIP. WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH OF OPERATION, I NOTICED THAT A "PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEM MALFUNCTION" WOULD APPEAR IN THE CENTER CONSOLE. IT HAS NOT GONE AWAY SINCE THEN. IT WILL ONLY DISPLAY THIS MESSAGE IN THE BEGINNING WHEN I TURN MY CAR ON, WHILE IT'S STATIONARY. AFTER THAT IT JUST DISPLAY'S THE AIRBAG SYMBOL IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER OF THE ODOMETER. THIS HAS ME A LITTLE CONCERNED SINCE I DO NOT WANT TO BE DRIVING WITH ANYONE ELSE IF THAT MEANS THE PASSENGER AIRBAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN CASE OF AN EVENT. WHEN I DID MY RESEARCH ONLINE, I FOUND OUT THAT SEVERAL OF OTHER BMW OWNER WHERE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE.