dkonsta1 109 Report post Posted March 1, 2015 (edited) Hi friends. Today something interesting came to my attention. Having booked but not purchased yet a nice 3spoke M-steering wheel to install in my 540i (factory oem 4 spokes wheel) I went through a crosscheck exercise in regards to the airbag. Because my car is produced exactly on March '99 (the date BMW changed over from single stage to dual stage airbag) I thought it is wise to check the airbag itself. Took away my steering wheel ....and....BINGO !!!! Airbag production year: 2000 (and apparently a dual stage one) WTF? ???? Anyway I keep calm and start googling. Airbag recalls of E39's in 1999. There is some information but not enough evidence. I am a bit confused. Anyone had similar experience? Edited March 1, 2015 by dkonsta1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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aja540i 1903 Report post Posted March 1, 2015 Check the colour of the airbag plug, i believe the older ones are an orange plug and the newer ones are yellow (might be the other way around) they are NOT interchangeable. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dkonsta1 109 Report post Posted March 1, 2015 Sure but what about the dates mismatch? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dkonsta1 109 Report post Posted March 3, 2015 Bump anyone? Cheers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
francoisv 466 Report post Posted March 3, 2015 From what I've seen in mine. Single stage has 1 plug, duel stage has 2. As for the dates, I think there is some overlap as I purchased a 99 steering rack believing to be out a face lift model, but it was only single stage airbag. I built a custom kit to convert the single stage to dual stage for my M3 SMG wheel Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Allanw 1052 Report post Posted March 3, 2015 Airbag changed before facelift. Facelift changed late 2000 (september) when the model year changes over. Airbags were an oddball date. Dkonsta - what makes you think yours is dual stage? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sascha870 0 Report post Posted February 4, 2016 Could u provide us how u build that kti that dual stage fully supported ? thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
