general problems of the 2004 BMW X3

Five problems related to equipment have been reported for the 2004 BMW X3. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Equipment problem

Failure Date: 04/30/2021

Test complaint ***** do not process ***** April 2021 patch testing ' 1.

2 Equipment problem

Failure Date: 07/08/2020

Check oil light came on so vehicle was pulled to the side of the road. Within seconds, smoke had engulfed the engine bay. The entire vehicle was engulfed in flames within a few minutes.

3 Equipment problem

Failure Date: 09/25/2017

Water seeps into the vehicle from an unknown location and causes a mold effect due to saturation of the floor in the back passenger area. Door and sunroof weatherstripping have been professionally checked and deemed not the cause.

4 Equipment problem

Failure Date: 09/01/2013

Door locks work intermittently - key fob and central lock button work normallyl at times. Other times all will fail, causing all doors except for the driver's door to become locked from both the inside and outside, when this occurrs the key fob and central button fail. This causes you to be locked in the vehicle if you are not in the driver's seat. The only key fob button to work when this occurs is the rear hatch. Other failures are when the doors will lock with the key fob, but only the driver's door will unlock using it.

5 Equipment problem

Failure Date: 07/11/2013

I was driving the 405 fwy s close to lax when all of a sudden I heard like wind blowing inside my car then I heard a loud sound that something fell or thinking that my car must have stepped on something I looked at the windows at the back seat and both are close then I saw the driver of another car that was driving behind me a sport convertible BMW tried to signal something to me when I looked at my right side view mirror while I was driving I saw a tire lying at the freeway,I knew at that time that it was my spare tire/compact wheel that is located under the cargo area on the floor of a vehicle. I tried to exit on the nearest gas station, safely parked as soon as I was walking towards the back of my car to check I immediately saw the compartment tire touching the ground and the tire is gone. The handle is supposed to be screwed and mounted apparently got loose. . How it happened I don't know, the cable is cut. I strongly suggest BMW should have a recall on this because this is totally dangerous matter, good thing the driver behind me was alert and when she saw the tire falling from it's compact she immediately change lane and signaled me by pointing her finger at my car.