19V678000
STEERING
Broken swivel bearings can cause a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
2020 BMW X3
16 safety recall campaigns, 1 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 136 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
1 campaign covering the 2020 BMW X3 carries NHTSA’s “park it” advisory — the federal government telling owners to stop driving the vehicle until the remedy has been performed. Whether it was performed on any particular car is not something NHTSA publishes in a form anyone can query; a franchised dealer can run the VIN and print the record in a minute, and the repair is free.
The record
Recall campaigns16
Park it1stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints136
Complaints citing a crash4
Complaints citing a fire10
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 6 of 16
25V636000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY:RELAY
A short circuit in the starter relay may increase the risk of a fire.
24V764000
STRUCTURE
Interior rear cargo rail detachment during a crash can increase the risk of injury.
24V534000
STRUCTURE
Interior cargo rail detachment during a rear crash can increase the risk of injury.
23V211000
SEATS
An improperly welded seat frame may not properly restrain the occupant during a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
21V598000
ENGINE
Loss of braking assist can increase the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 33ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 25ENGINE
- 16UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 10POWER TRAIN
- 7AIR BAGS
- 6FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 4STRUCTURE
- 4EXTERIOR LIGHTING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2020 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.