Recall Register

2004 BMW X3: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 2004 BMW X3. The campaign is 08V384000. NHTSA received the report on 5 Aug 2008. The NHTSA record gives the component Air Bags / Frontal. NHTSA has 66 complaints on file for this model year. 1 NHTSA investigation names this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of campaign 08V384000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will rework the front passenger seat sensor mat so that external force application to the seat does not cause a crack to the mat. The recall began on november 6, 2008. Bmw will also extend the warranty on these vehicles to 10 years from first registration without any mileage limit. Owners may contact BMW at 1-800-525-7417.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

1 campaign. 200,000 units in total.

  1. 08V384000Received . 200,000 units.

    Air Bags / Frontal

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Bmw is recalling 200,000 my 2006 3 series sport seat, my 2004-2006 5 series standard and sport seat, and my 2004-2006 x3 passenger vehicles. Depending on the manner and frequency of the front passenger's entry and exit, small cracks have developed in the mat. If this occurs, the front passenger air bags, with the exception of the head protection system, will be deactivated and the air bag warning lamp as well as the passenger air bag "on-off" lamp will be illuminated.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    In this situation the front passenger air bags will not deploy even if a sufficiently severe accident would occur and occupant protection provided by the system would not be possible.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will rework the front passenger seat sensor mat so that external force application to the seat does not cause a crack to the mat. The recall began on november 6, 2008. Bmw will also extend the warranty on these vehicles to 10 years from first registration without any mileage limit. Owners may contact BMW at 1-800-525-7417.

    Report filed by BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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Complaints by component

66 complaints, 82 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

  • 2004 BMW X3
  • All 2004 vehicles
2004 BMW X3: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component2004 X3All 2004 vehiclesX3, all yearsMentions
Air Bags219.544.1268.318
Visibility97.662.881.38
Electrical System85.4140.973.27
Power Train85.4135.3657
Engine and Engine Cooling73.293.9656
Steering6165.440.75
Structure48.855.5654
Seats48.816.6654
Vehicle Speed Control36.648.440.73
Unknown or Other36.610.632.53

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 19.

Complaints that report a crash
5
Complaints that report a fire
5
Injuries in the complaints
6
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
8 Oct 2010

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 2004 BMW X3, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2005, with 23 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 2004 BMW X3
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
EA08001Engineering analysisBMW AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATIONAir Bags4 Jan 200831 Dec 200808V384000

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 20041
  2. 20051
  3. 20062
  4. 20073
  5. 20083
  6. 20093
  7. 20104
  8. 20114
  9. 20122
  10. 20137
  11. 20146
  12. 20157
  13. 20165
  14. 20176
  15. 201811
  16. 201910
  17. 202016
  18. 202110
  19. 20227
  20. 20234
  21. 20243
  22. 20259
  23. 20262

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2004 BMW X3: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/bmw/x3/2004/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2004 BMW X3?
200,000 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the BMW X3 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 60 recall campaigns for the BMW X3, model years 2004 to 2026. 1 of them names the 2004 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2004 BMW X3 name most often?
Air Bags: 18 of 82 component mentions, or 219.5 per 1,000. For all 2004 vehicles the figure is 44.1 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2004 BMW X3 open?
No. The 1 investigation that names this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.