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Originally Posted by jsf1993
Rear side airbags are potentially dangerous if they come in contact with small children seated in the rear. My guess is that this issue led BMW to drop the option. I purchased the option on my 2008 535xi only to discover much later on that, while the factory would install the option, BMW would not activate the bags before delivery. The dealerships were responsible for activation - upon customer request and, in my case, only after I signed a document advising me of the dangers the bags presented to small children and that I still wanted them activated, regardless. (We no longer had small kids and it wasn't an issue for me.)
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I read a research report about side airbags and children. The conclusion was that it's better for the child to be hit by the airbag than the door.