22V119000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CRANKCASE (PCV)
An electrical short can cause the PCV valve heater to overheat, increasing the risk of a fire while driving or, soon after driving when parked.
2009 BMW X3 SAV
2 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation (1 open), 22 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations11 open
Owner complaints22
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire4
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 2 of 2
16V071000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
What owners report most
- 10AIR BAGS
- 3ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 3SEATS
- 1SEAT BELTS
- 1SUSPENSION
- 1TIRES
- 1VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 1ENGINE
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2009 BMW X3 SAVs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.