# NHTSA recall 17V605000

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: 17V605000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2017\-09\-28
- Owners notified: 2018\-06\-18
- Component: AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION
- Units potentially affected: 85302

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain 2006\-2010 BMW X3 2.5i, X3 3.0i and X3 xDrive30i Sports Activity Vehicles.  The front passenger seat occupant detection mat that determines if, and how, the passenger frontal air bag should deploy in a crash may fatigue and develop cracks which could lead to a system failure.


## What can happen

Should the system fail, in the event of a crash, the front passenger air bag would be deactivated, increasing the risk of personal injury.


## The remedy

BMW will notify owners, and dealers will replace the front passenger seat occupant detection mat, free of charge.  Interim owner notification letters were mailed on November 27, 2017.  A second notification letter will be sent when parts are available.  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 2019 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2019\-10\-24
- Vehicles in the campaign: 85302
- Reported remedied: 31386 \(36%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 1603

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2019 quarter 3, 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

- [2006 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2006/recalls.md). Built 2005\-11\-20 to 2010\-08\-31.
- [2007 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2007/recalls.md). Built 2005\-11\-20 to 2010\-08\-31.
- [2008 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2008/recalls.md). Built 2005\-11\-20 to 2010\-08\-31.
- [2009 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2009/recalls.md). Built 2005\-11\-20 to 2010\-08\-31.
- [2010 BMW X3](/makes/bmw/x3/2010/recalls.md). Built 2005\-11\-20 to 2010\-08\-31.

## Bulletins for the same vehicles and component

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

- [SIB650122](/bulletins/10218381.md), 2022-08-22, Service bulletin
- [B013118](/bulletins/10160287.md), 2019-05-20, Service bulletin
- [B013118](/bulletins/10160244.md), 2019-05-20, Service bulletin
- [B080119](/bulletins/10154816.md), 2019-03-18, Service bulletin
- [B011618](/bulletins/10153726.md), 2019-02-25, Service bulletin
- [B656906](/bulletins/10151028.md), 2018-12-10, Service bulletin
- [B011618](/bulletins/10149557.md), 2018-11-26, Service bulletin
- [SIB\-65\-75\-06](/bulletins/10029605.md), 2009-07-13, Service bulletin
- [SI\-B\-65\-16\-08](/bulletins/10028365.md), 2009-03-27, Service bulletin
- [SI B65\-69\-06](/bulletins/10025849.md), 2008-09-10, 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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