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BMW X3

2010 BMW X3

4 safety recall campaigns, 41 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints41
Complaints citing a crash1
Complaints citing a fire3

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 4 of 4

23V7070002023-10-20

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

Loose or broken VANOS unit bolts can result in an engine stall, increasing the risk of a crash.

20V0170002020-01-15

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.

17V6830002017-10-30

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CRANKCASE (PCV)

An electrical short can cause the parts within the PCV valve to melt, increasing the risk of a fire, even when the vehicle is not in use.

17V6050002017-09-28

AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION

Should the system fail, in the event of a crash, the front passenger air bag would be deactivated, increasing the risk of personal injury.

What owners report most

  • 12ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
  • 9AIR BAGS
  • 6ENGINE
  • 4ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 2SEATS
  • 2STEERING
  • 2AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
  • 1VISIBILITY/WIPER

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2010 BMW X3s 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.

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