2011 BMW X3 Recalls — Canada & USA

The 2011 BMW X3 has 6 recalls, the most serious involving the driver's frontal airbag inflator, where a weld failure during deployment can send metal fragments into the cabin, raising the risk of injury to occupants. A related airbag concern affects the front passenger side, where a dashboard manufacturing defect can cause the passenger airbag to deploy improperly in a crash, also increasing the risk of injury. On the child safety side, the lower anchor bars used with European-style rigid child seat connectors can become damaged during normal use, leaving a child seat less secure in a crash. Two filings describe the same underlying steering issue: the electric power steering control module can malfunction and switch off while driving, causing a sudden loss of power assist and making the steering wheel significantly harder to turn.