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BMW X1 SAV

Every BMW X1 SAV model year on file, 2015 to 2017. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years548 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years32015 to 2017
Recall campaigns4Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins471Summed across model years
By model year

The 2015 model year drew the most complaints, 42, 78% of the model's total

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

020406020154220162017
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Airbags leads the BMW X1 SAV complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Airbags
30
Engine and cooling
6
Structure
5
Brakes
4
Speed control
3
Electrical system
3
Powertrain
3
Steering
2
Fuel system
2
Wheels
2
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each BMW X1 SAV 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 X1 SAV by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2017SUV812.51621190
2016SUV450.01011187
2015SUV4211.9922194
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW X1 SAV

  • 19V-016 Jan 14, 2019
    These vehicles are equipped with air bag inflators assembled as part of the driver frontal air bag modules, used as original equipment or…
    Airbags · 13k vehicles
  • 17V-062 Jan 26, 2017
    Affected vehicles have an instrument panel that may not allow the front passenger air bag to deploy properly in the event of a crash
    Airbags · 17k vehicles
  • 16V-914 Dec 20, 2016
    Affected vehicles have seat- mounted side air bag inflator initiators that may fail to ignite during a crash
    Airbags · 3,506 vehicles
  • 16V-071 Feb 5, 2016
    Upon deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture
    Airbags · 840k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.