23V707000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
Loose or broken VANOS unit bolts can result in an engine stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
2011 BMW X3
4 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation (1 open), 163 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations11 open
Owner complaints163
Complaints citing a crash6
Complaints citing a fire5
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
17V683000
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.
16V333000
CHILD SEAT:LATCH STRAP
Damaged lower anchor bars may increase the child's risk of injury in the event of a crash.
11V341000
STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER STEERING ASSISTANCE COULD INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.
What owners report most
- 31ENGINE
- 22ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- 21ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 21POWER TRAIN
- 20STEERING
- 10EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 7UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 5AIR BAGS
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2011 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.