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BMW IX

Every BMW IX model year on file, 2021 to 2025. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years11335 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years52021 to 2025
Recall campaigns12Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins382Summed across model years
By model year

The 2023 model year drew the most complaints, 38, 34% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

0102030402021202220233820242025
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the BMW IX complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
31
Driver assistance
30
Speed control
15
Airbags
13
Brakes
12
Back-over prevention
11
Powertrain
11
Steering
10
Fuel system
8
Engine and cooling
6
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each BMW IX model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

BMW IX by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2025SUV1338.51001034
2024SUV3345.51654092
2023SUV3831.619012094
2022SUV2910.3126111117
2021Not decoded0NoneNone0045
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW IX

  • 25V-395 Jul 23, 2025
    Electric drive motor software may shut down the high-voltage system, causing a loss of drive power
    Electrical system · 71k vehicles
  • 25V-470 Jul 16, 2025
    High-voltage battery cell modules may not have been assembled properly, resulting in stress on the module frame and possible module failure
    Electrical system · 136 vehicles
  • 23V-449 Jun 28, 2023
    High voltage battery combined charging unit (CCU) may not have been manufactured correctly, resulting in improperly connected and/or assembled…
    Electrical system · 69 vehicles
  • 23V-409 Jun 7, 2023
    Driver may unintentionally reactivate the cruise control system while turning the steering wheel at low speeds, resulting in a sudden increase of…
    Speed control · 11k vehicles
  • 23V-295 Apr 26, 2023
    High voltage battery cell monitoring circuit may have improperly secured electrical connections which can result in an engine stall
    Electrical system · 31 vehicles
  • 23V-079 Feb 14, 2023
    Front driver's air bag may have been manufactured incorrectly and may not deploy as intended during a crash
    Airbags · 16k vehicles
  • 23V-026 Jan 25, 2023
    During vehicle start-up, the artificial sound generator control unit may experience a fault and fail to generate the external pedestrian warning sound
    Back-over prevention · 3,431 vehicles
  • 22V-944 Dec 20, 2022
    High voltage battery electronic control unit (ECU) software may cause an interruption of electrical power
    Electrical system · 14k vehicles
  • 22V-741 Oct 5, 2022
    Transmission final drive gear in the electric drive unit may have an improperly manufactured weld seam
    Electrical system · 1 vehicles
  • 22V-541 Jul 27, 2022
    High voltage battery may have internal damage, resulting in an electrical short-circuit
    Electrical system · 367 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.