Sensing System Camera Problems of BMW X3

BMW X3 owners have reported 2 problems related to sensing system camera (under the back over prevention category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of BMW X3 based on all problems reported for the X3.

1 Sensing System Camera problem of the 2021 BMW X3

Failure Date: 02/21/2025

Per the manufacturer, the car requires an oil change every 10,000 miles. However, the engine has a known defect to the manufacturer so that the car only makes it to about 6000 miles before you have to do an oil change. And sometimes the car doesn’t alert you. So your engine could possibly burn up and catch fire. Also, it’s a known issue to them that the back up camera malfunctions suddenly. So it’s really like you don’t have a back up camera at all.

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2 Sensing System Camera problem of the 2018 BMW X3

Failure Date: 03/01/2018

Tl the contact owns a 2018 BMW X3. While reversing the vehicle, the rearview camera spontaneously blacked out intermittently. The failure recurred four times. The vehicle was taken to advantage BMW clear lake (400 gulf fwy s, league city, TX 77573, (281) 557-7000) where they informed the contact that the software was updated. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure persisted. The vehicle was taken back to the same dealer where it was diagnosed that the camera needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 20,600.

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Other Common Back Over Prevention related problems of BMW X3

Problem Category Number of Problems
Rearview System Braking problems
8
Back Over Prevention problems
4
Warnings problems
2
Sensing System Camera problems
2


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