2007 BMW X3 Sav problems
The 2007 BMW X3 Sav has 195 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (22%) concerns seats. Next are air bags (21%) and transmission (16%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 195 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Seats 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 7 and 26
- Injuries and deaths
- 27 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 71,000 miles 146 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 28 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 13 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 18 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 26 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 29 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 18 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 7 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 7 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 146 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 70,000 miles. For seats specifically, the median reported mileage is about 85,000 miles (40 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 7 complaints mention a crash; 26 complaints mention a fire; 27 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 92% of model years in our database.
It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Turned on heated seat on driver's side. After approximately 2 minutes, felt burning on left side of seat. Turned off the heated seat, turned on the light and the seat was smoking substantially. A small hole was burned through the leather seat (about the size of a dime) and through my pants. I have a small red mark on the top of the back of my leg. The vehicle smells like smoke. Luckily, I was in the driveway when this happened or an accident might have occurred. Very concerning and will likely be a costly repair.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 BMW x3. The contact stated that the driver's seat emitted a strong burning odor. The contact found that the driver's seat was on fire and had burned through her clothing, injuring the contact. The contact was able to extinguish the fire by pouring water on the seat. The vehicle was taken to the dealer to have a diagnostic performed but was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 68,000.
My cars is bought in USA from [link removed] and exported to belarus via lithuania (port of klaipeda). Let me report the following case and ask your assistance. A hole of almost 1 cm was discovered after the driver seat heating had been switched on a BMW x3 e83 2007 (a driver coat was also damaged). The car is no longer covered by warranty. The hole is located in the left waist support cushion. It can be noticed that the heater is glowing, sparkling and overheating in this particular place.
A warning code is triggered that affects the operation of the airbag. The warning code is passenger seat occupancy sensor. The airbag light in the dash flashes on and off randomly whether there is someone in the seat or not. It does not matter whether the passenger side seat belt is fastened or not. BMW has a recall for earlier years of this same problem on this vehicle, but not for this year which also has quite a few of these failures.