# Service bulletin 720111

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10149616
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-11\-26
- Manufacturer's number: 720111
- Manufacturer's date: 2013\-05\-01
- NHTSA component: SEAT BELTS

## NHTSA's summary

"Safety Belt Extender ""Handover"" Fails to Deliver the Belt to the Customer. The customer states that the seat belt extender ""handover"" on the front driver's or passenger side failed to deliver the belt. One or more of the following situations may apply: \* The safety belt extender extends but the belt slips off. \* The ""hand"" on the extender fails. \* The safety belt is twisted. \* The extender will not operate and makes noise while extending. S One or more of the following causes may apply: 1. The safety belt is incorrectly positioned. 2. The ""hand"" on the extender has mechanically failed. 3. The safety belt slips off the ""hand"" due to excessive resistance from the seat belt reel, not allowing the belt to extend properly. The seat belt is twisted. 4. The safety belt slips off the ""hand"" due to the belt material being excessively worn. 5. The safety belt extender fails to extend or retract intermittently due to FRM \(Footwell Module\) software. 6. The safety belt extender is noisy or inoperative, due to a communication problem or incorrect power or ground."

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10149616-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10149616-0001.pdf)

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## Components

Seat belts

## Vehicles listed

- 2007 BMW 135I COUPE
- 2007 to 2013 BMW 328I
- 2007 to 2008 BMW 328XI
- 2009 to 2010 BMW 328XI
- 2008 to 2013 BMW 335I
- 2011 BMW 335I US
- 2013 BMW 335IS
- 2008 BMW 335XI
- 2009 to 2010 BMW 335XI
- 2008 to 2010 BMW M3
- 2012 BMW M3
- 2011 BMW M3 US

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [09V257000](/recalls/nhtsa/09V257000.md), 2009-07-08: SEAT BELTS:FRONT; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [651712](/bulletins/10149315.md), 2018-11-26, Service bulletin: SEAT BELTS; SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WARNING LIGHT/DEVICES; EQUIPMENT; AIR BAGS. Check Control Message "Restraint System Faulty" Is Displayed. Intermittently the check control message "Front Passenger Restraint System Faulty" is displayed in the Central Information Display. The following information is read from the vehicle: 1. Key Reader Vehicle Defects Details shows DTC: 930AB3. 2. ISTA fault code "930AB3\-POL: indicator lamp for passenger airbag deactivation: short\-circuit to plus" The fault condition is not present. 3. ISTA check control message ID 109 CAUSE FZD \(Operating Unit for Roof\) software error causes the POL \(Passenger Airbag Off Lamp\) to intermittently malfunction.
- [SIB\-72\-01\-11](/bulletins/10041411.md), 2011-09-30, Service bulletin: SEAT BELTS:FRONT; SEAT BELTS. BMW: E92. THE SEAT BELT EXTENDER ON THE FRONT DRIVER¿S OR PASSENGER SIDE FAILED TO DELIVER THE BELT. THE SAFETY BELT EXTENDER EXTENDS BUT THE BELT SLIPS OFF. THE ¿HAND¿ ON THE EXTENDER FAILS. THE SAFETY BELT IS TWISTED. THE EXTENDER WILL NOT OPERATE AND MAKES NOISE WHILE EXTENDING. \*RM
- [SIB\-72\-05\-07](/bulletins/10040049.md), 2011-08-15, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; SEAT BELTS. BMW: A SOFTWARE PROBLEM IS CAUSING ONE OR BOTH OF THE SEAT BELT ASSISTANTS TO NOT EXTEND FULLY OR MAY NOT EXTEND AT ALL. THE POSITION AT WHICH THE ASSISTANT COMES TO REST VARIES. E92. \*RM
- [SIB\-72\-03\-10](/bulletins/10037487.md), 2011-05-24, Service bulletin: SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR; SEAT BELTS:FRONT. BMW: ON SOME E92 MODELS THE SAFETY BELT EXTENDER IS NOT EXTENDING THE BELT OR IS NOISY. THIS CAN BE A FAULT OF THE EXTENDER OR THE BELT IS CONTORTED. \*RM
- [SIB\-72\-01\-10](/bulletins/10035247.md), 2011-02-12, Service bulletin: SEAT BELTS:FRONT; SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR. BMW VEHICLE: FRONT SAFETY BELT DOES NOT RETRACT SMOOTHLY OR JAMS. THE UPPER PART OF THE DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S FRONT SAFETY BELT DOES NOT ROLL UP FULLY OR ROLLS UP SLOWLY. THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE INERTIA REEL IS INCORRECT AT THE FASTENING POINT. THE BELT IS TOUCHING THE GUIDE FUNNEL. MODELS E90, E91 AND E92. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. \*PE

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