NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 BMW X3 Recalls
The 2004 BMW X3 has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on August 5, 2008.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 BMW X3. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 138
- Crashes reported
- 13
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
13 fires
On a 2004 BMW X3, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2004 BMW X3
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 08V384000
- Reported
- August 5, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 200,000
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2006 X3, 2 other models
2004 BMW X3 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 138 owner complaints about the 2004 BMW X3, the newest on September 6, 2025. Of these, 13 describe a crash (9%) and 13 a fire; owners reported 17 injuries.
In complaints about the 2004 BMW X3, the component group named most often is the seats (24%), followed by the air bags (23%) and the electrical system (13%).
The 2004 BMW X3's only recall also concerns the air bags.
Where 2004 BMW X3 owners gave the mileage (106 complaints), the median was 65,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Seats33
- Air Bags32
- Electrical System18
- Engine And Engine Cooling11
- Power Train11
- Structure8
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 23 | |
| 2006 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 7 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 14 | |
| 2011 | 9 | |
| 2012 | 12 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 BMW X3 peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 23. 34% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 BMW X3 drew 1.7× the complaints of the median BMW X3 year in the same window: 4th highest of the 12 ranked years.
The 138 complaints about the 2004 BMW X3 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
BMW X3 by model year
Other 2004 BMW models
Newest record on this page: September 6, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted