Recall · 26V524000
BMW of North America recalled the BMW X3 over steering
13
Vehicles covered
1
Model
3
Model years
August 12, 2026
Filed with NHTSA
STEERING:LINKAGES:KNUCKLE:SPINDLE:ARM
- The defect
- BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2024-2026 X3 sDrive30i, X3 30 xDrive, and X3 M50 xDrive vehicles. The steering spindle may have been incorrectly attached to the steering column.
- What it can cause
- An incorrectly attached steering spindle can lead to a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will inspect the steering connection and replace hardware or replace the spindle and column, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed October 2, 2026. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will become searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning October 2, 2026.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
How this campaign compares
At 13 vehicles this is a small campaign: 90% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published are as large or larger. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2024 to 2026, so the oldest vehicles on it were 2 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
BMW vehicles have been recalled over the steering 23 times before this, most recently in December 2025 as 25V857000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 3 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 84 complaints with NHTSA, 79 of them before this campaign was filed. 14 of those name the steering, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in August 2023, 2 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 11 other recalls published here, the newest being: 26V438000 (electrical system), 25V857000 (steering), 25V247000 (service brakes, hydraulic), 25V202000 (electrical system).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by BMW of North America, LLC with NHTSA on August 12, 2026 as campaign 26V524000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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