# NHTSA recall 16V704000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 16V704000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2016\-10\-03
- Owners notified: 2016\-10\-11
- Component: STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
- Units potentially affected: 103

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling one model year 2017 BMW X3 xDrive 28i vehicle manufactured on June 7, 2016.  This vehicle has electronic power steering \(EPS\), and the contact pins on the EPS control unit may not have been welded properly resulting in increased resistance.


## What can happen

An increase in pin contact resistance can increase the risk of a fire, even while the vehicle is parked and ignition is off.


## The remedy

The vehicle was repaired at the dealership before sale.  Therefore, an owner notification notice will not be issued for this campaign.  Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1\-800\-525\-7417.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2018 quarter 1
- Filed with NHTSA: 2018\-04\-23
- Vehicles in the campaign: 103
- Reported remedied: 84 \(81%\)
- Reported unreachable: 12
- Reported removed: 1

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2018 quarter 1, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2017 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2017/recalls.md). Built 2016\-06\-07 to 2016\-06\-07.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

A bulletin is the manufacturer's note to its dealers. It is not part of this recall.

- [320218](/bulletins/10136305.md), 2018-05-07, Service bulletin

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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