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NHTSA Safety Recalls

BMW iX Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 12 recall campaigns for the BMW iX, across 4 model years from 2022 to 2025. The 2023 has the most (12); the fewest among years with a recall is 2025 (1).

Model years
4

2022–2025, with a recall

Recall campaigns
12
Most recalls
2023

12 recalls

Owner complaints
116

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 116 complaints with NHTSA about the BMW iX across 4 model years; the most, 38, concern the 2023.

Owners marked a crash on 33 of the BMW iX complaints (28%) and a fire on 2.

Across all BMW iX model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 31 complaints), then the forward collision avoidance (28).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the BMW iX in 2023: 37, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the BMW iX is electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery, in 9 model-year listings.

The newest BMW iX recall, 25V395000, was reported on July 23, 2025 and concerns the electrical system: propulsion system: traction motor: controller: software.

BMW iX years to avoid

Too few BMW iX model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 1 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the BMW iX, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2025113—not ranked
2024433—not ranked
20231238—not ranked
2022113229not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.BMW iX years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the BMW iX

  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY9
  • VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL3
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION MOTOR:CONTROLLER:SOFTWARE3
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL2
  • AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE2
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY THERMAL:MANAGEMENT:SOFTWARE2
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:HYBRID MANAGEMENT2
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL2
  • BACK OVER PREVENTION:WARNINGS:EXTERNAL/PEDESTRIAN ALERT2
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM1

BMW iX model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every BMW iX recall campaign (12)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the BMW iX, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
25V395000July 23, 2025electrical system: propulsion system: traction motor: controller: software2022–2024crash71,286
25V470000July 16, 2025electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery2022–2025crash and fire136
23V449000June 28, 2023electrical system: propulsion system: hybrid management2022–2023crash69
23V409000June 7, 2023vehicle speed control: cruise control2022–2024crash11,180
23V295000April 26, 2023electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery2022–2024crash31
23V079000February 14, 2023air bags: frontal2022–2023crash and injury15,803
23V026000January 25, 2023back over prevention: warnings: external/pedestrian alert2022–2023injury3,431
22V944000December 20, 2022electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery thermal: management: software2022–2023crash14,086
22V741000October 5, 2022electrical system: propulsion system2023crash1
22V541000July 27, 2022electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery2022–2023firedo not drivepark outside367
22V483000July 7, 2022electrical system: instrument cluster/panel2022–2023crash6,930
22V240000April 13, 2022air bags: air bag/restraint control module: software2022–2023crash and injury3,166

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the BMW iX. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

Newest record on this page: October 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted