WARNING seat belt scratching up b-pillar

[Shumdit]

Originally Posted by X5audi

Why not? I know Audi uses its headliner material halfway down the A- and B-pillars, and I'm sure Merc does something similar with its high-end models. It's not inconceivable for BMW to do this.

Or they could make the E92's robot arm standard across the range... not very economical, but classy and entertaining. And it will stop the problem.

I guess I should have been more detailed. What I meant was the cost to retrofit all the 07 and 08's already out there would be costly, so even if BMW starts making the 08 or 09 models with the better panels, I think they will still offer the old style to replace ours under warranty to keep costs down.

[argentox5]

By accident I just noticed that the seat belt clip easily holds to the inset base where the belt comes out of the b-pillar (see pic). It almost seems that it is magnetized to hold the clip. I've been driving with the passenger clip in this position for 2 days over 150 miles and it has stayed in place.

You'll have to learn to put in place each time you remove your seatbelt. Still not ideal, but resolves most of the issue.



We'll see how long it lasts.

Jeremy

07E70X5 - 4.8