2007 BMW X3 SAV problems
Owners have filed 195 complaints about the 2007 BMW X3 SAV with NHTSA. Power train accounts for 24.1% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of seats at 21.5%.
Complaints195
Crashes7
Fires26
Injuries27
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Power train 24.1% · 47
Seats 21.5% · 42
Air bags 21.0% · 41
Electrical system 10.8% · 21
Engine 9.2% · 18
Vehicle speed control 2.6% · 5
Engine and engine cooling 1.5% · 3
Steering 1.5% · 3
Severity
Of those complaints, 7 describe a crash, 26 describe a fire and 27 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Filings are rising — 65 in the last three years against 56 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 70,500 miles.
In owners' own words
The contact owns a 2007 BMW x3. The contact stated that while driving various speeds and attempting to engage the accelerator pedal, the vehicle would hesitate and then lunge forward abnormally. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 64,000. Power train · reported at 64,000 miles
2007 BMW x3. The six speed automatic transmission shifts poorly at slow speeds going up hills. Vehicle will lunge forward after down shifting to too low of a gear and over rev before up shifting. The gear selection seems inappropriate when going slow speeds. The vehicle has been to the dealer twice to address these problems; however, the present software fix did not rectify the problem. Power train · reported at 2,100 miles
BMW x3 stalls/hesitates when accelerating to merge into normal traffic flow. Vehicle has problems when accelerating from a stoplight or sign. Transmission rev's very high. Have experienced dangerous or life threatening moments when driving this csr. Have had previous BMW's and never had this problem. Have taken car in for servicing once and it is going in again. Power train · reported at 5,000 miles
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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