Passenger car
Bmw · X3
- Country of origin
- United States
- Notifying country
- Germany
- Counterfeit
- No
What is the danger
Failure to bolt the plus voltage (B+) cable tightly enough to the starter generator may result in contact problems and an increase in contact resistance at the bolted connection. This may in turn lead to local overheating and the vehicle catching fire or to the engine stalling while the vehicle is coasting.
Requirements breached
The product does not comply with the Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles.
Measures taken
- Recall of the product from end users Voluntary measuresTaken by: Manufacturer
Product
- Description
- Passenger car.
- Brand
- Model / type
- Barcode
- Batch
Original source
Data comes from the official Safety Gate system of the European Commission.
- Alert number
- SR/01744/25 ↗
- Weekly report
- Report-2025-19
- Published
- 6 May 2025
- Modified
- 9 October 2026
- Corrigendum
- Notification SR/01742/25: at the request of the notifying authority the notification has been updated with additional information on type/number of model and bar code.
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