2025 BMW X3
Model year 2025: every recall NHTSA’s file names for it, the complaints owners made to NHTSA, and its crash ratings.
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The short answer
From NHTSA’s files, copied Oct 26, 2026.
- 9 recalls naming it in NHTSA’s file (needs attention)
- 38 owner complaints to NHTSA
- 4of 5 overall stars from NHTSA
A recall covers the vehicles it names, by build date where NHTSA gives one. Your VIN says which are open on yours.
Is your vehicle in one of these recalls?
No public file says which recalls are still open on one vehicle. NHTSA’s lookup does, from its VIN.
The VIN goes to NHTSA, never to Hearth Record.
What recalls name it?
9 recalls for the 2025 BMW X3 in NHTSA’s file, newest first. Each covers the vehicles it names; your VIN says if yours is one.
None carries NHTSA’s advice not to drive it or to park outside.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
Aug 12, 2026. Steering: linkages: knuckle: spindle: arm
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NHTSA campaign
26V-524
Dec 11, 2025. Steering: linkages: drag: power assist system; steering: steering control module
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NHTSA campaign
25V-857
Apr 16, 2025. Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc
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NHTSA campaign
25V-247
Apr 1, 2025. Electrical system: starter assembly; electrical system: alternator/generator/regulator
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NHTSA campaign
25V-202
Mar 12, 2025. Electronic stability control (esc); service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip; service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
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NHTSA campaign
25V-154
Feb 21, 2025. Electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery: cables
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NHTSA campaign
25V-109
Dec 5, 2024. Suspension: front: wheel bearing
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NHTSA campaign
24V-909
Nov 12, 2024. Air bags: side/window: curtain
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NHTSA campaign
24V-856
Oct 17, 2024. Air bags: passenger side frontal: cushion
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NHTSA campaign
24V-772
What have owners told NHTSA?
38 complaints to NHTSA, received from Nov 17, 2024 to Sep 27, 2026.
- 3 complaints told of a crash, and 1 complaint of a fire.
- None reports anyone injured or killed.
- Complaints are owners’ own reports, not findings: NHTSA reads them to decide what to look into. Only their counts are kept here; no complaint’s words or owner are read.
NHTSA, Owner complaints flat files. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
How did it do in crash tests?
NHTSA rated 1 version of the 2025 BMW X3: 4 stars overall.
NHTSA’s 5-Star Safety Ratings, in whole stars. NHTSA’s safety concerns are shown beneath the stars they qualify, as NHTSA asks.
NHTSA, 5-Star Safety Ratings. Released Aug 7, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Version | Overall | Frontal crash | Side crash | Rollover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| X3, SUV, AWD | 4 stars | 4 starsDriver 4, passenger 4 | 5 starsSide pole 5 | 4 starsA 16.9% chance of rolling over; no tip |
NHTSA lists no safety concern for any version rated here.
What the record doesn’t say
- Which recalls are still open on one vehicle: only NHTSA’s lookup, with its VIN, says that.
- Ratings are for the versions NHTSA tested. Other cabs, engines and drives can rate differently.
- How serious each complaint was, or whether it was confirmed: complaints aren’t findings.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).
Released Oct 26, 2026 and checked Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Owner complaints flat files.
Released Oct 26, 2026 and checked Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 5-Star Safety Ratings.
Released Aug 7, 2026 and checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 26, 2026.