# 2025 BMW X3 — BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS
> NHTSA complaint `2104383` · 2025-06-26 · BMW of North America, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** BMW
- **Model:** X3
- **Year:** 2025
- **Manufacturer:** BMW of North America, LLC
- **Component:** BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS
## Narrative
My accident on [XXX] with my 2025 BMW X3 VIN [XXX]  was avoidable and caused by either failure in design, or in execution in two BMW systems, I'll discuss parking assist here.  Pictures and videos (even one of the crash) can be downloaded here:  [XXX]   Prior to the accident my husband set a backing up path “Home 1” within the BMW parking assist program for me to follow to align the car when backing into our driveway.  This takes over braking and steering to move the car on a predetermined path and stops at the end.  I have successfully used it many times.  It shows up as an option when backing near the top of our driveway.  In the video of the crash ([XXX]), the car turns into the driveway, slows to a rolling stop, and then continues back and crashes.  I pressed the “Start Home 1” icon to enable it when I thought the car was stopped but retrospectively was likely rolling very slowly at the top of the driveway.  The icon showed me the “Home 1” path as being accepted by changing from “Start Home 1” to “Cancel Home 1” thus I believed the car was following the “Home 1” path, but the car evidently did not actually engage “Home 1.”  My husband's investigation shows that this happens if the car is not fully stopped, even while the brake pedal is pressed, while pressing the “Start Home 1” button.  This behavior is documented in the mp4 ([XXX]).  I thought that “Home 1” was engaged and the car following the predetermined path, even though in retros
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