24V608000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:CONNECTORS/PLUGS/RECEPTACLES
An electrical short increases the risk of a fire.
2015 BMW X3
7 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations (2 open), 158 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns7
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations22 open
Owner complaints158
Complaints citing a crash12
Complaints citing a fire15
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 7
21V907000
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
A melting intake manifold increases the risk of a fire.
21V586000
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
Fuel pump failure can cause an engine stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.
18V755000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE)
The melting intake manifold can increase the risk of a fire.
16V683000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator housing could separate from the base plate and result in metal striking the vehicle occupants, potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
16V333000
CHILD SEAT:LATCH STRAP
Damaged lower anchor bars may increase the child's risk of injury in the event of a crash.
What owners report most
- 29ENGINE
- 22ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 15ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- 13UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 13FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 10AIR BAGS
- 10FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
- 9POWER TRAIN
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2015 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.