26V056000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
Fire increases the risk of injury.
2023 BMW X3
4 safety recall campaigns, 13 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints13
Complaints citing a crash3
Complaints citing a fire0
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
25V106000
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.
24V534000
STRUCTURE
Interior cargo rail detachment during a rear crash can increase the risk of injury.
23V821000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
Transmission oil that leaks into the control unit can lead to a seizure of the transmission gears, causing a sudden loss of drive power and increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 3STRUCTURE:BODY
- 2ENGINE
- 1FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
- 1FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
- 1LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
- 1POWER TRAIN
- 1STEERING
- 1ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2023 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.