26V438000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
Fire increases the risk of injury.
2021 BMW X3
11 safety recall campaigns, 141 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns11
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints141
Complaints citing a crash5
Complaints citing a fire4
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 11
26V056000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
Fire increases the risk of injury.
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.
What owners report most
- 30ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 23UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 22ENGINE
- 8STRUCTURE
- 8VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 5POWER TRAIN
- 5EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 5FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2021 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.