NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 BMW X3 Recalls
The 2020 BMW X3 has 16 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 23, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 BMW X3. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 16
- Owner complaints
- 110
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2020 BMW X3, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
16 recalls on the 2020 BMW X3
Electrical system: starter assembly: relay
- Campaign
- 25V636000
- Reported
- September 23, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 199,674
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2021–2022 X3, 3 other models
Structure
- Campaign
- 24V764000
- Reported
- October 15, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 8,725
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2018–2019, 2021–2022 X3
Structure
- Campaign
- 24V534000
- Reported
- July 17, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 282,387
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2018–2019, 2021–2023 X3
Seats
- Campaign
- 23V211000
- Reported
- March 29, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 51
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2021 X3, 2 other models
Engine
- Campaign
- 21V598000
- Reported
- August 2, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 50,024
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
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 2019, 2021 X3, 11 other models
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 20V598000
- Reported
- September 30, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 312
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2021 X3, 3 other models
Electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery
- Campaign
- 20V601000
- Reported
- September 30, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,509
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2021 X3, 5 other models
Electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery
- Campaign
- 20V490000
- Reported
- August 18, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 713
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2021 X3, 3 other models
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 20V443000
- Reported
- July 29, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- only the 2020 BMW X3
Steering: linkages: tie rod assembly
- Campaign
- 20V355000
- Reported
- June 15, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,779
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 4 other models
Seat belts: front: buckle assembly
- Campaign
- 20V164000
- Reported
- March 19, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,316
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2 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 2018–2019 X3, 1 other model
Steering: rack and pinion: pinion shaft
- Campaign
- 19V738000
- Reported
- October 16, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 20
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 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 2018–2019 X3, 12 other models
Suspension: front
- Campaign
- 19V678000
- Reported
- September 25, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 368
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2020 BMW X3 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 110 owner complaints about the 2020 BMW X3, the newest on October 8, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (2%) and 6 a fire.
In complaints about the 2020 BMW X3, the component group named most often is the electrical system (32%), followed by the engine (24%) and the power train (13%).
4 of the 2020 BMW X3's 16 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2020 BMW X3 owners gave the mileage (35 complaints), the median was 21,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System35
- Engine26
- Unknown Or Other17
- Power Train14
- Air Bags8
- Structure8
Complaints received, by year
| 2019 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 20 | |
| 2024 | 13 | |
| 2025 | 17 | |
| 2026 | 37 |
Complaints about the 2020 BMW X3 peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 37. 39% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2020 vehicles, the 2020 BMW X3 drew 1.8× the complaints of the median BMW X3 year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 12 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 110 complaints about the 2020 BMW X3 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
BMW X3 by model year
Other 2020 BMW models
Newest record on this page: October 8, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted