# Service bulletin B320525

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 11018515
- Published by NHTSA: 2025\-05\-21
- Manufacturer's number: B320525
- Manufacturer's date: 2025\-05\-02
- NHTSA component: STEERING

## NHTSA's summary

“Knocking/thumping” noise during steering wheel movements and returning to the center position. See attached video V32 05 25 Column noise.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11018515-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11018515-9999.pdf)

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## Components

Steering

## Vehicles listed

- 2024 BMW X3

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [26V524000](/recalls/nhtsa/26V524000.md), 2026-08-12: STEERING:LINKAGES:KNUCKLE:SPINDLE:ARM
- [2023614](/recalls/tc/2023614.md), 2023-11-16: Steering
- [23V770000](/recalls/nhtsa/23V770000.md), 2023-11-16: STEERING

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [B320425](/bulletins/11018514.md), 2025-05-21, Service bulletin: STEERING. After prolonged straight\-ahead driving \(e.g. highway driving\), there may be a temporary, slightly noticeable increase in steering forces when steering out of the steering wheel center position. This minimally noticeable increase in steering forces is perceived as a slight, brief resistance. After overcoming this brief resistance when steering out of the steering wheel center position, no permanent increase in steering forces is noticeable.
- [B320125](/bulletins/11013039.md), 2025-01-23, Service bulletin: STEERING. Rumbling, groaning type noises from the EPS when the steering wheel is at the end stops.
- [B310624](/bulletins/11005224.md), 2024-07-25, Service campaign: STEERING. DELIVERY STOP: REPLACE TENSION STRUT HEXAGON NUT
- [B320523](/bulletins/10247566.md), 2024-01-03, Service bulletin: STEERING. The bolting of the sensor housing on the steering gear may not have been carried out correctly. The originalbolting may cause a low offset in the sensor signal and result in a noticeable asymmetry of the steering assistance.
- [B320523](/bulletins/10246223.md), 2023-12-06, Service bulletin: STEERING. BMW AG has issued a Delivery Stop \(effective November 17, 2023\) on certain Model Year 2024 BMWvehicles that were produced between August 18, 2023, and September 29, 2023. Do not deliver to a customer, a New, Certified Pre\-Owned or Used vehicle subject to a Delivery Stop,until the vehicle is repaired. Do not use or sell replacement equipment/parts subject to a DeliveryStop. The bulletin will be updated when additional information becomes available.

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