2022 BMW X3

8 safety recall campaigns, 104 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns8
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints104
Complaints citing a crash2
Complaints citing a fire8

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 8

26V4380002026-07-08

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY

Fire increases the risk of injury.

26V0560002026-01-30

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY

Fire increases the risk of injury.

25V6360002025-09-23

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY:RELAY

A short circuit in the starter relay may increase the risk of a fire.

25V1060002025-02-20

LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LOCK

Doors that can be inadvertently unlocked and unlatched may open unexpectedly, increasing the risk of injury to rear seat occupants.

24V7640002024-10-15

STRUCTURE

Interior rear cargo rail detachment during a crash can increase the risk of injury.

24V5340002024-07-17

STRUCTURE

Interior cargo rail detachment during a rear crash can increase the risk of injury.

What owners report most

  • 16UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 8ENGINE
  • 8STRUCTURE
  • 7POWER TRAIN
  • 7ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 6FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
  • 6FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
  • 5SERVICE BRAKES

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2022 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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