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BMW recall 26V524: 2024-2026 X3 sDrive30i, X3 30 xDrive, and X3 M50 xDrive

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Bmw X3, model years 2024 to 2026. Filed by BMW of North America, LLC and reported to NHTSA on 12 August 2026. 13 vehicles potentially affected.

What the notice says BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2024-2026 X3 sDrive30i, X3 30 xDrive, and X3 M50 xDrive vehicles. The steering spindle may have been incorrectly attached to the steering column.

Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.

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What owners ask about this recall

Which vehicles does recall 26V524 cover?
BMW X3, model years 2024-2026.
What is wrong with them?
BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2024-2026 X3 sDrive30i, X3 30 xDrive, and X3 M50 xDrive vehicles. The steering spindle may have been incorrectly attached to the steering column.
What can happen if it is not put right?
An incorrectly attached steering spindle can lead to a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.
Is there a fix yet?
Yes, and it is free. Dealers will inspect the steering connection and replace hardware or replace the spindle and column, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed October 2, 2026. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417.
What should I do now?
Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.

Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.

What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “An incorrectly attached steering spindle can lead to a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.”

13vehicles potentially
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1model named
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reported 12 August 2026no notification date publishedtoday
The defect was reported to the regulator on 12 August 2026. No owner-notification date has been published for this campaign, so the bar is left open.
Campaign26V524
Filed byBMW of North America, LLC
System at faultSteering:Linkages:Knuckle:Spindle:Arm
Reported to NHTSA12 August 2026
Model years2024-2026
Vehicles namedBMW X3

What the notice says today

The defect

BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2024-2026 X3 sDrive30i, X3 30 xDrive, and X3 M50 xDrive vehicles. The steering spindle may have been incorrectly attached to the steering column.

The consequence

An incorrectly attached steering spindle can lead to a loss of steering control, increasing the risk of a crash.

The remedy

Dealers will inspect the steering connection and replace hardware or replace the spindle and column, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed October 2, 2026. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will become searchable on NHTSA.gov beginning October 2, 2026.

What it said before

Nothing has changed while we have been watching. We last read the wording of this campaign on 17 September 2026, and it matched the copy we already held.

That copy hashes to 56d69eab239ae0f3450b7f977bd72690…, so if it is ever edited the change is provable rather than a matter of memory.

This is one of 745 notices in the record whose component field names steering. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 39 days.

Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.

The models named here, across their whole recall history

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CarsMultiverse, recall 26V524, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/26v524/

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The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.

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