Lane Departure Problems of BMW X3

BMW X3 owners have reported 13 lane departure related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 4 most common lane departure problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's warning (8 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's assist (3 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Lane Departure related problems of BMW X3


Recently reported Lane Departure problems of BMW X3

The Warning problem

Due to a TSB (sib 65 12 22) wherein the roof antennae leaks water and causes a short in the telemetry module, the car does not have pedestrian warning, navigation or backup camera / cross traffic warning. The car is drivable, but compromised from a safety perspective.   Read details...

The Assist problem

While actively driving at speed this loaner vehicle, the vehicle's driving assistance professional package (dapp) completely deactivated without warning. This caused an immediate, unexpected loss of both adaptive cruise control and active lane-keeping steering assistance, requiring sudden manual   Read details...

The Blind Spot Detection problem

The clips that hold the kafas camera system are faulty and easily break. The kafas unit gets exceptionally hot and damages the clips causing the unit to go out of alignment and then cause all of the safety features to fail.   Read details...

The Lane Departure problem

The contact owns a 2018 BMW X3. The contact stated that while driving over 45 mph, the lane departure and blind spot features deactivated unintendedly. The message that the system was deactivated was displayed. The local dealer was contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired.   Read details...




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