Using this Owner's Manual -> Reporting safety defects for your BMW X3 2004-2010

Reporting safety defects  
For US customers  
The following only applies to vehicles owned  
and operated in the US.  
If you believe that your vehicle has a defect that  
could cause a crash or could cause injury or  
death, you should immediately inform the  
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,  
NHTSA, in addition to notifying BMW of North  
America, LLC, P.O. Box 1227, Westwood, New  
Jersey 07675-1227, Telephone 1-800-831-  
1117.  
If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it may  
open an investigation, and if it finds that a safety  
defect exists in a group of vehicles, it may order  
a recall and remedy campaign. However,  
NHTSA cannot become involved in individual  
problems between you and your dealer or BMW  
of North America, LLC.  
To contact NHTSA, you may call the Vehicle  
Safety Hotline toll-free at 1-888-327-4236  
(TTY: 1-800-424-9153) or go to  
trator, NHTSA, 400 Seventh Street, SW.,  
Washington, DC 20590. You can also obtain  
other information about motor vehicle safety by  
For Canadian customers  
Canadian customers who wish to report a  
safety-related defect to Transport Canada,  
Defect Investigations and Recalls, may call  
1-800-333-0510 toll-free from anywhere in  
Canada or 1-613-993-9851 from the Ottawa  
region and from other countries, or contact  
Transport Canada by mail at: Transport  
Canada, ASFAD, Place de Ville, Tower C,  
330 Sparks Street, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0N5.  
You can also obtain other information about  
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