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2022 BMW X3 problems

Owners have filed 126 complaints about the 2022 BMW X3 with NHTSA. Electrical system accounts for 13.5% of them, narrowly the most common, ahead of forward collision avoidance at 13.5%. A further 15.9% were filed without a specific system named.

Complaints126
Crashes2
Fires8
Injuries6
Deaths0

What owners report breaking

Unknown or other 15.9% · 20
Electrical system 13.5% · 17
Forward collision avoidance 13.5% · 17
Lane departure 9.5% · 12
Structure 9.5% · 12
Engine 8.7% · 11
Power train 7.1% · 9
Service brakes 4.0% · 5
Severity

Of those complaints, 2 describe a crash, 8 describe a fire and 6 report an injury.

Reading the numbers

Across the 15 model years of the BMW X3 in this data, 2022 draws comparatively few complaints; 2013 is the outlier year.

Filings are rising, 80 in the last three years against 46 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.

The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 51,500 miles.

In owners' own words

The contact owns a 2022 BMW X3. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 26V438000 (Electrical System); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Electrical system
Screen keeps glitching as if it had a false contact Dealer want to charge 1000 just to to the troubleshoot, if the problem is the screen they can replace 2000 if the problem is the computer it will be 10000. The car guarantee expired 2 months ago yet it only has 33k miles. I have taking the car for tt 2 months and the first time that sad it was a software but it still doing it Electrical system
The contact owns a 2022 BMW X3. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 26V438000 (Electrical System); however, the part to complete the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was contacted. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. Electrical system

Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.

Safety recalls

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Other BMW X3 years

2016 120 complaints · 19.2% electrical system 2017 138 complaints · 21.7% electrical system 2018 107 complaints · 20.6% electrical system 2019 238 complaints · 20.2% electrical system 2020 142 complaints · 24.6% electrical system 2021 153 complaints · 22.2% electrical system

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