Worst years for a BMW X3 SAV
Owners have filed 343 complaints about the BMW X3 SAV with NHTSA across model years 2007 to 2012. More of them are about the airbags than anything else.
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2007 BMW X3 SAV195 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly transmission & drivetrain.
Every BMW X3 SAV year, graded
The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.
What breaks on a BMW X3 SAV
Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.
Worst in 2007
Worst in 2008
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Exactly what failed on a BMW X3 SAV
The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.
Complaints filed over time
Every complaint about every BMW X3 SAV, by the month it reached NHTSA.
Compare the BMW X3 SAV
Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.