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BMW X3 M40d recalls

9 official recall campaigns for the BMW X3 M40d, published by vehicle safety authorities in UK and Japan, covering model years 2012–2024. The most recent was issued in 2025. A recall applies to specific build dates and VINs, so check yours before assuming it's affected — or not.

• 9 campaigns
• 5 rated high risk
• Latest: 2025
• 🇬🇧 UK
• 🇯🇵 Japan

Common BMW X3 M40d recall issues

The parts and failures that come up most often in these campaigns.

• Seats 2

BMW X3 M40d recalls by year

• 2025 · 1
• 2024 · 1
• 2023 · 4
• 2020 · 2
• 2019 · 1

BMW X3 M40d recalls in 2025 (1)

• BMW X3 xDrive20i, X3 xDrive20d — safety recall (Japan) 2025-03-10 🇯🇵 Japan Model years 2017–2024 リ外-3931
  Medium

BMW X3 M40d recalls in 2024 (1)

• BMW X3 M40d, X5 xDrive 35d — safety recall (Japan) 2024-10-15 🇯🇵 Japan Model years 2022–2023 リ外-3845
  Medium

BMW X3 M40d recalls in 2023 (4)

• BMW X3 M40d — safety recall (Japan) 2023-12-04 🇯🇵 Japan Model years 2022 リ外-3684
  High risk
• BMW 118d, 218d AT — safety recall (Japan) 2023-07-26 🇯🇵 Japan Model years 2012–2022 リ外-3622
  High risk
• BMW X3 M40d — The affected vehicles possibly have an inadequate laser weld seam on the seat mechanism/frame of the driver s or front passenger seat. (UK) 2023-04-17 🇬🇧 UK Model years 2021 R/2023/113
  Medium
• BMW 118d, 218d — safety recall (Japan) 2023-03-07 🇯🇵 Japan Model years 2015–2022 リ外-3573
  High risk

BMW X3 M40d recalls in 2020 (2)

• BMW X3 xDrive20d, X3 M40d — safety recall (Japan) 2020-12-14 🇯🇵 Japan Model years 2020 リ外-3145
  High risk
• BMW X3 xDrive 20d, X3 M40d — safety recall (Japan) 2020-06-16 🇯🇵 Japan Model years 2018–2019 リ外-3050
  High risk

BMW X3 M40d recalls in 2019 (1)

• BMW 118i, 118d — safety recall (Japan) 2019-08-28 🇯🇵 Japan Model years 2018–2019 リ外-2905
  Medium

BMW X3 M40d recalls by country

How to check if your BMW X3 M40d has a recall

A recall covers specific build dates and vehicle identification numbers (VINs), not every BMW X3 M40d on the road. To see whether yours is affected:

1. Look up your VIN or registration on the official recall checker for the country where the car is registered: MLIT (Japan), DVSA (UK).
2. Ask an authorised BMW dealer: recall repairs are free, including on used cars and cars serviced elsewhere.
3. Add the car to your watched vehicles on Recaller Book and get an email when a new campaign is published for it.

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• X1 recalls 318
• X4 recalls 188
• 3 Series recalls 142
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• 5 Series recalls 124
• M3 recalls 115
• Z4 recalls 97
• M5 recalls 93
• IX recalls 92
• 3 recalls 89
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• 3 Serie recalls 84
• X2 recalls 84
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