NHTSA Safety Recalls
2019 BMW X3 Recalls
The 2019 BMW X3 has 10 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 15, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2019 BMW X3. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 10
- Owner complaints
- 171
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2019 BMW X3, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
10 recalls on the 2019 BMW X3
Structure
- Campaign
- 24V764000
- Reported
- October 15, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 8,725
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2018, 2020–2022 X3
Structure
- Campaign
- 24V534000
- Reported
- July 17, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 282,387
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2018, 2020–2023 X3
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 21V521000
- Reported
- July 8, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 138
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2018 X3, 1 other model
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 21V096000
- Reported
- February 19, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 13,858
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2020–2021 X3, 11 other models
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 2018, 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 2018, 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 2018 X3, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V291000
- Reported
- April 10, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 50
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 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 2018 X3, 1 other model
Lane departure: lane keep: steering assist
- Campaign
- 18V374000
- Reported
- June 6, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 51
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2018 X3
2019 BMW X3 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 171 owner complaints about the 2019 BMW X3, the newest on October 15, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (3%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2019 BMW X3, the component group named most often is the electrical system (27%), followed by the engine (20%) and the structure (18%).
1 of the 2019 BMW X3's 10 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2019 BMW X3 owners gave the mileage (56 complaints), the median was 9,250 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System47
- Unknown Or Other43
- Engine35
- Structure31
- Forward Collision Avoidance13
- Service Brakes12
Complaints received, by year
| 2019 | 29 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 11 | |
| 2021 | 10 | |
| 2022 | 11 | |
| 2023 | 9 | |
| 2024 | 28 | |
| 2025 | 45 | |
| 2026 | 28 |
Complaints about the 2019 BMW X3 peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 45. 36% arrived between 2018 and 2022, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2019 vehicles, the 2019 BMW X3 drew 2.1× the complaints of the median BMW X3 year in the same window: 1st highest of the 12 ranked years.
That makes 2019 one of the BMW X3 years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 171 complaints about the 2019 BMW X3 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
BMW X3 by model year
Other 2019 BMW models
Newest record on this page: October 15, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted