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BMW IXYears to avoid, problems & recalls

Based on 116 NHTSA owner complaints across 4 model years, no BMW IX year stands out as one to avoid, and the strongest years are 2022 and 2023. The IX has 12 safety recalls on record.

BMW IX
Years to avoidNoneUse caution: 2024Best years'22 '23Fewest complaints for their ageOwner complaints116Top: Electrical systemSafety recalls122022–2025 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years. Photo: Alexander Migl, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Best & worst years

BMW IX years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the IX median. Tap a year for its full report.

'22'23'24'25
  • Avoid
  • Caution
  • Solid
  • Best
  • Not rated
2025Too new–/10013 complaints · 1 recall2024Caution40/10034 complaints · 4 recalls2023Solid50/10037 complaints · 12 recalls2022Best68/10032 complaints · 11 recalls
Complaints by system

Most common BMW IX problems

All model years combined: 116 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.
Complaints by system
SystemComplaintsCrash, fire or injury
Electrical system325
Forward collision avoidance2817
Vehicle speed control169
Power train142
Air bags132
Service brakes137
Back over prevention118
Fuel/propulsion system101
Steering101
11 other systems234
12 recalls

BMW IX recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

96%Controller: software25V-395 · 2022–2024 · Jul 23, 2025 · 71,286 vehicles94%Propulsion system: traction battery25V-470 · 2022–2025 · Jul 16, 2025 · 136 vehicles99%Propulsion system: hybrid management23V-449 · 2022–2023 · Jun 28, 2023 · 69 vehicles99%Vehicle speed control: cruise control23V-409 · 2022–2024 · Jun 7, 2023 · 11,180 vehicles97%Propulsion system: traction battery23V-295 · 2022–2024 · Apr 26, 2023 · 31 vehicles99%Air bags: frontal23V-079 · 2022–2023 · Feb 14, 2023 · 15,803 vehicles99%Warnings: external/pedestrian alert23V-026 · 2022–2023 · Jan 25, 2023 · 3,431 vehicles100%Management: software22V-944 · 2022–2023 · Dec 20, 2022 · 14,086 vehicles100%Electrical system: propulsion system22V-741 · 2023 · Oct 5, 2022 · 1 vehicles100%Propulsion system: traction battery22V-541 · 2022–2023 · Jul 27, 2022 · 367 vehiclesDo not drive99%Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel22V-483 · 2022–2023 · Jul 7, 2022 · 6,930 vehicles99%Air bag/restraint control module: software22V-240 · 2022–2023 · Apr 13, 2022 · 3,166 vehicles
1 investigation

NHTSA investigations of the IX

  1. Pedestrian alert soundsDP22005 · 2022 · closed Aug 7, 2023
    Led to recall 22V-063