Safety

Standard safety features include antilock brakes, side curtain airbags, active head restraints for the front seats and an electronic stability system.

For a full list of safety features, visit the Standard Equipment & Specs page. To see how well child-safety seats fit in the X3, check out MotherProof.com's Car Seat Check.

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    Switching off automatically
    The system switches off and the LED goes out: After approx. 33 ft/10 m when driving forward. Above approx. 9 mph/15 km/h when driving forward. Switch on the system again if necessary. ...

    Deactivating HDC
    Press the button again and the LED goes out. HDC is automatically deactivated above approx. 37 mph/60 km/h. ...