2007 BMW 335I Seats Problems

“Seat occupancy sensor on passenger seat has failed. Shows as airbag light on dash. Bmw already recalled some vehicles for this, and gave a 15-year extended warranty for cars including my model and model year, but refuse to honor the warranty for my particular vehicle because it has sports seats instead of standard seats. Lookup on Bmw parts numbers show that the seat occupancy sensor has the same part number on sports and non-sports seats. No remedy from Bmw, including contact to Bmw USA (have record of emails, including an offer for a phone call I never received).”

“Airbag problem light constantly lit; passenger airbag off light always on even when there is a passenger in the seat. Mechanic states that the car is giving a code for a failed passenger occupancy sensor. There is already a recall for this model and year (NHTSA campaign 13v564000), but my car (build date july 07, 3-series with sports seats) is not eligible for the recall or the voluntary warranty extension according to Bmw... .updated 10/04/17 the consumer requested the vehicle be included in the recall. The vehicle has the same part number as the recall part. Updated 10/17/2017”