BMW X3 Recall R/2025/535: Programming Control Units (Steering Gear), Who Is Affected And What To Do
- Urgent
- How serious
- 9 Dec 2025
- Launched
- 5,313
- vehicles in the UK
- 0032840300
- Manufacturer’s campaign code
BMW recalled X3 vehicles built between 26 August 2024 and 9 October 2025. A quality check has revealed a potential issue with the steering gear software program which monitors the function of two sensors and compares the signals. The recall notice describes the fix as: to ensure your vehicle is in perfect working order we would like to program the vehicles control units. This work will be free of charge. You won't usually pay for it.1
What’s Wrong
A quality check has revealed a potential issue with the steering gear software program which monitors the function of two sensors and compares the signals. In the vehicles concerned due to an error in the software the failure of a sensor may not always be detected correctly. When a failure has been detected correctly the driver is notified of it by a Check Control message on the Central Display and minimal change to steering feel.
DVSA's Original Wording
Concern: Programming Control Units (Steering Gear) Defect: A quality check has revealed a potential issue with the steering gear software program which monitors the function of two sensors and compares the signals. In the vehicles concerned due to an error in the software the failure of a sensor may not always be detected correctly. When a failure has been detected correctly the driver is notified of it by a Check Control message on the Central Display and minimal change to steering feel. Remedy: To ensure your vehicle is in perfect working order we would like to program the vehicles control units. This work will be free of charge.
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The Risk
The recall notice describes the concern as: programming control units (Steering gear).
The Fix
The recall notice describes the fix as: to ensure your vehicle is in perfect working order we would like to program the vehicles control units. This work will be free of charge.
Are You Affected?
X3 built between 26 August 2024 and 9 October 2025 may be included. BMW estimates 5,313 vehicles in the UK. Enter your registration to check, then confirm by VIN with BMW, because not every car in the date range may be included.
Which Car Is It?
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What To Do Now
- Check your car by registration above, then by VIN with BMW.
- Book with any franchised BMW dealer, quoting the campaign code 0032840300 or the DVSA reference R/2025/535. See how to get a BMW recall fixed.
- Follow the letter's instructions until the repair is done. See can you drive a car with a recall?.
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This is one of 275 BMW recalls in DVSA’s data. The BMW recall launched before it was R/2026/075 on 28 Nov 2025, for program control units (CoC documents). The one launched after it was R/2025/349 on 18 Dec 2025, for takata driver and/or passenger airbag recall (Global VINs). You can also see every BMW recall, all recalls launched in 2025 and software recalls across every make.
Source: DVSA recall R/2025/535, launched 9 December 2025. Data updated 15 October 2026. How we grade urgency.
Sources
- The Code does not itself say repairs are free. GOV.UK guidance says "You will not usually have to pay for any repairs or parts under a safety recall." gov.uk Checked 15 Oct 2026.