2025 BMW X3
This year drew 35 complaints, which is too few to read anything into. A share of a small number moves too much: one owner writing about the same fault twice would swing it further than a real pattern does. So nothing is claimed about this year either way. The 8 recalls below are on file regardless, and are not affected by how many people filed complaints.
First year of a new generation. The BMW X3 was redesigned for 2025. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 35 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 128 |
| Involving a crash | 4 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 8 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 28 mpg |
Recalls for this year
- 24V772000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 24V856000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 24V909000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 25V109000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 25V154000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 25V202000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 25V247000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 25V857000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the BMW X3 was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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