BMW X3 owners have reported 202 power train related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 16 most common power train problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's power train (143 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's automatic transmission (34 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.
*rear differential bolt and bushing failure two times in less than twelve months. Rear drive making loud banging noises. Vehicle not able to drive. Vehicle rear drive failed as vehicle was in motion. I was traveling at high rate of speed, this could have cause the vehicle to lose control. Read details...
The contact owns a 2017 BMW X3 . The contact stated that while the contact's wife was pulling into a driveway, the vehicle sporadically accelerated and crashed into another vehicle. The contact stated that his wife was pumping the brakes but the vehicle failed to stop immediately. Read details...
Tl the contact owns a 2009 BMW X3. The contact stated that while her son was driving, the rpm revved without warning, and the vehicle independently decelerated. The vehicle was taken to the BMW of lynchburg located at 2643 lakeside dr - #6944, lynchburg, va 24501, where it was diagnosed that the Read details...
The contact owns a 2020 BMW X3. The contact stated while accelerating from a stop, there was a loud, popping sound coming from the vehicle. There was no warning light illuminated. The contact inspected the vehicle and discovered that the upper rear differential mounting bolt head had sheared off. Read details...
My new 2007 BMW X3 hesitates when accelerating and seems to shift in peculiar ways. It suffers from a lack of response which is totally unlike my first 6 BMW's. It is quite un-drivable as it is. Read details...