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2024 BMW X3 problems

The 2024 BMW X3 has 61 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (21%) concerns electrical system. Next are backover prevention (11%) and engine (10%).

At a glance

Complaints
61 filed with NHTSA
Most reported
Electrical system 21% of complaints
Crashes and fires
11 and 0
Injuries and deaths
6 and 0

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%.

  • Electrical system 21%
  • Backover prevention 11%
  • Engine 10%
  • Cruise control 7%
  • Drivetrain & axles 7%
  • Forward collision avoidance 7%
  • Latches & locks 7%
  • Air bags 3%
  • Brakes 3%
  • Steering 3%

What the data shows

Safety-related details: 11 complaints mention a crash; 6 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 83% of model years in our database.

Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2024 ranks 9th most-complained-about out of 22 model years of the BMW X3 with enough data (61 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 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.

The contact owned a 2024 BMW X3. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 35 MPH and turning right, the vehicle unintentionally continued accelerating and veering to the right. The contact stated that she had depressed the brake pedal, but the brakes did not respond. The contact stated that the vehicle jumped the curb, the contact was not able to steer the vehicle back onto the roadway because the steering wheel was seized.

Reported at 17,000 miles, March 2025 CrashInjury

I was driving through a green light through an intersection and a car on the opposite side of me had a yield green which they were suppose to wait for me to go and then continue with their left turn, but instead the driver decide to just go and our vehicles collided. The other car, which was a toyota corolla, had damage to their passenger side in which the front bumper looks like it got detached but the airbags were deployed.

September 2026 CrashInjury

The contact owns a 2024 BMW X3. The contact stated that while making a left turn at 20 MPH, a warning chime sounded followed by an alert on the instrument panel which indicated that the rear passenger’s side door had opened with a child strapped in a car seat by the door. The contact immediately pulled over and closed the door. Upon investigation, the contact discovered NHTSA Campaign Number: 25V106000 (Latches/Locks/Linkages); which the contact linked to the failure.

Reported at 10,000 miles, February 2025

The contact owns a 2024 BMW X3. The contact stated while driving 5 MPH, attempting to park the vehicle in the park the vehicle, while depressing the brake pedal the vehicle unintendedly accelerated independently causing the vehicle to drove over the curb and the contact mention due to the impact the rear passenger tire was damaged and before the brake pedal she could hear the vehicle began to decelerate independently and while depressing the brake pedal with her left foot .

Reported at 17,903 miles, April 2026

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