In-car Electronics
CD or DVD players, radio, speakers, GPS, communication system (e.g., OnStar), display screen freezes or goes blank, phone pairing (e.g. Bluetooth), voice control commands, steering wheel controls, portable music device interface (e.g., iPod/MP3 player), backup or other camera/sensors.
What Owners Say
"Camera was incorrectly indicating a hazard. Car has been at dealer for 10 days and still not fixed!"
Susan M., VA (2015 BMW X3 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"I have had proximity sensors replaced under warranty"
Anonymous, MA (2015 BMW X3 xDrive28d 2.0-L 4 Cyl diesel)"frontal collision warning deativates"
Michael L., TX (2015 BMW X3 sDrive28i 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"The backup camera just stopped working and it took several attempts by the BMW dealership to fix it (took several months)."
Anonymous, CO (2015 BMW X3 xDrive28i 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"Back up camera stopped working and it took 3 attempts over several months to resolve the issue."
Anonymous, CO (2015 BMW X3 xDrive28i 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"The display screen went blank one day. The dealer repaired it at no cost (under warranty)"
Anonymous, MA (2015 BMW X3 xDrive28i 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"Started the car and the display screen did not light up. Ignored it and at some later point after starting up it worked as expected."
Anonymous, MB (2015 BMW X3 xDrive28i 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"It went blank and have a message stating "no signal""
Anonymous, CO (2015 BMW X3 xDrive28i 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"Within days of delivery the entire computer system including radio and camera displays did not work. The screen gave a message of "no signal". This occurred after cold start. After about 15 minutes it went on. I returned the car to the dealer for rep"
Anonymous, NY (2015 BMW X3 xDrive35i 3.0-L 6 Cyl turbo)"Display shows "NO SIGNAL" in red text and doesn't do anything else. Had to shut car down, and start up again for the iDrive system to initialize and work again. Took car to dealer, they had to reprogram the software to make work again"
Anonymous, CA (2015 BMW X3 xDrive28i 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"Cannot use Audible audiobook over bluetooth after upgrading phone to Android 5.0. Phone bluetooth works with all other bluetooth devices (e.g., headphones, earbuds)"
Anonymous, NJ (2015 BMW X3 xDrive28i 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"Stopped working and had to be replaced under warranty"
Rob R., NC (2015 BMW X3 sDrive28i 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"keeps forgetting our phones so we have to re-connect often"
Terrence K., AB (2015 BMW X3 xDrive28i 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"Phone does not transmit through Bluetooth. Cannot make calls through voice command"
Ronald K., FL (2015 BMW X3 sDrive28i 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"Software issue with BMW and Apple OS. pairing and phone control is intermittent at best"
Allen T., AL (2015 BMW X3 xDrive28i 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"Amplifier failed and was replaced."
Anonymous, NC (2015 BMW X3 xDrive28d 2.0-L 4 Cyl diesel)"software issue causes control problems on electronics"
Allen T., AL (2015 BMW X3 xDrive28i 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"almost impossible to speak an address and the car to understand and then display the address. takes forever to type in an address manually"
Terrence K., AB (2015 BMW X3 xDrive28i 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"It appears that the phone is not connected to Bluetooth. Neither my phone or my wife's phone"
Ronald K., FL (2015 BMW X3 sDrive28i 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)"Voice control frequently doesn't recognize what I say"
Loftus B., CT (2015 BMW X3 xDrive35i 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)
"Backup camera would stop operating in heavy rains"
Anonymous, MD (2015 BMW X3 xDrive28i 2.0-L 4 Cyl turbo)