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2022 BMW X3 problems

Owners have filed 104 complaints about the 2022 BMW X3 with NHTSA. Forward collision avoidance accounts for 15.4% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of structure at 11.5%. A further 15.4% were filed without a specific system named.

Complaints104

Crashes2

Fires8

Injuries6

Deaths0

What owners report breaking

Unknown or other 15.4% · 16

Forward collision avoidance 15.4% · 16

Structure 11.5% · 12

Lane departure 9.6% · 10

Engine 7.7% · 8

Electrical system 6.7% · 7

Power train 6.7% · 7

Service brakes 4.8% · 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 — 58 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 51,000 miles.

In owners' own words

The front collision warning failed and had not given any problem prior to the failure. We were in a car accident where a person turned left (we were going straight) and passed right in front of us when we hit them. The Forward Collision Warning did not display and our vehicle was deemed a total loss by the insurance. We may of avoided the accident if the sound and display of the warning had triggered. Forward collision avoidance

The clips that hold the KAFAS camera system are faulty and easily break. The KAFAS unit gets exceptionally hot and damages the clips causing the unit to go out of alignment and then cause all of the safety features to fail. The fact that you have to replace the whole windshield to repair two small plastic clips is an egregious mechanical design failure, waste of resource, and just insane design. Forward collision avoidance

Adas camera bracket on windshield deformed due to heat. The bracket will no longer hold the camera and the deformation was so severe it broke the mounting tab that holds the adas camera. Forward collision avoidance

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 103 complaints · 19.4% electrical system 2019 229 complaints · 20.5% electrical system 2020 141 complaints · 24.8% electrical system 2021 142 complaints · 21.1% electrical system

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