Vehicle profile
2012 BMW X3 X3 xDrive28i
SUV · Sport Utility Vehicle - 4WD
Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 268 hp
- Cylinders
- 6-cyl
- Displacement
- 3L
- Fuel
- Premium gasoline
- Transmission
- Automatic 8-spd
- Drive
- AWD
- Body class
- Sport Utility Vehicle - 4WD
Federal recall campaigns
2 federal recall campaigns.
How this compares
- vs 2012 Sport Utility Vehicle - 4WD
- 0.49× the 4.07 campaigns averaged across that group (fewer than typical)
- Most-affected system
- AIR BAGS — 1 of 2 (50%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 2012 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
16V333000
CHILD SEAT:LATCH STRAPBMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain model year 2011-2017, X3 sDrive28i, X3 xDrive28i and X3 xDrive35i, vehicles manufactured July 2, 2010 to April 14, 2016, 2015-2017 X3 xDrive28d vehicles manufactured March 10, 2014 to March 31, 2016, and 2015-2017 x4 xDrive28i, X4 xDrive35i and X4 xDriveM40i vehicles manufactured March3, 2014 to April 15, 2016. The affected vehicles have lower anchor bars for securing child restraint seats that may become damaged when using the European-ISOFIX-type, rigid-style connector, child restraint system.
Consequence: Damaged lower anchor bars may increase the child's risk of injury in the event of a crash.
Remedy: BMW will notify owners, and dealers will weld a reinforcing bracket to the lower anchor bars and the vehicle body, free of charge. The recall began on July 13, 2016. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417.
23/05/2016
17V495000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULEBMW of North America, LLC. (BMW) is recalling certain 2012-2013 BMW X3 xDrive28i, X3 xDrive35i, and M6 Convertible vehicles and 2013 M6 Coupe vehicles. The affected vehicles have a driver's frontal air bag inflator that may have been improperly welded.
Consequence: In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator housing could separate from the base plate and result in metal striking the vehicle occupants, potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
Remedy: BMW will notify owners, and dealers will replace the driver's front air bag module, free of charge. The recall began October 6, 2017. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417.
08/08/2017
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