NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 BMW X3 Recalls
The 2018 BMW X3 has 11 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 15, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 BMW X3. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 11
- Owner complaints
- 76
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
On a 2018 BMW X3, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
11 recalls on the 2018 BMW X3
Structure
- Campaign
- 24V764000
- Reported
- October 15, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 8,725
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2019–2022 X3
Structure
- Campaign
- 24V534000
- Reported
- July 17, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 282,387
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2019–2023 X3
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 21V521000
- Reported
- July 8, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 138
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2019 X3, 1 other model
Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel
- Campaign
- 20V152000
- Reported
- March 18, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 15
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2019–2020 X3, 1 other model
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 19V684000
- Reported
- September 27, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 257,473
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2019–2020 X3, 12 other models
Seats
- Campaign
- 19V563000
- Reported
- July 31, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 20
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2019 X3, 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: caliper
- Campaign
- 18V453000
- Reported
- July 6, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,594
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019 X3, 1 other model
Exterior lighting: turn signal
- Campaign
- 18V431000
- Reported
- June 21, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- only the 2018 BMW X3
Lane departure: lane keep: steering assist
- Campaign
- 18V374000
- Reported
- June 6, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 51
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019 X3
Structure: body
- Campaign
- 18V154000
- Reported
- March 7, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 17,008
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2018 BMW X3
Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel
- Campaign
- 17V719000
- Reported
- November 15, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,188
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 101, controls and displays
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2018 BMW X3 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 76 owner complaints about the 2018 BMW X3, the newest on October 4, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (5%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2018 BMW X3, the component group named most often is the electrical system (29%), followed by the engine (21%) and the structure (12%).
2 of the 2018 BMW X3's 11 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2018 BMW X3 owners gave the mileage (27 complaints), the median was 15,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System22
- Engine16
- Unknown Or Other12
- Structure9
- Steering7
- Exterior Lighting6
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 14 | |
| 2025 | 24 | |
| 2026 | 10 |
Complaints about the 2018 BMW X3 peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 24. 26% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 BMW X3 drew 0.7× the complaints of the median BMW X3 year in the same window: 11th highest of the 12 ranked years.
That makes 2018 one of the three best-measured BMW X3 years.
The 76 complaints about the 2018 BMW X3 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
BMW X3 by model year
Other 2018 BMW models
Newest record on this page: October 4, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted