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
- Recall campaigns
- 12
- Most recalls
- 2023
- Owner complaints
- 116
2022–2025, with a recall
12 recalls
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
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)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25V395000July 23, 2025 | electrical system: propulsion system: traction motor: controller: software | 2022–2024 | crash | 71,286 |
| 25V470000July 16, 2025 | electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery | 2022–2025 | crash and fire | 136 |
| 23V449000June 28, 2023 | electrical system: propulsion system: hybrid management | 2022–2023 | crash | 69 |
| 23V409000June 7, 2023 | vehicle speed control: cruise control | 2022–2024 | crash | 11,180 |
| 23V295000April 26, 2023 | electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery | 2022–2024 | crash | 31 |
| 23V079000February 14, 2023 | air bags: frontal | 2022–2023 | crash and injury | 15,803 |
| 23V026000January 25, 2023 | back over prevention: warnings: external/pedestrian alert | 2022–2023 | injury | 3,431 |
| 22V944000December 20, 2022 | electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery thermal: management: software | 2022–2023 | crash | 14,086 |
| 22V741000October 5, 2022 | electrical system: propulsion system | 2023 | crash | 1 |
| 22V541000July 27, 2022 | electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery | 2022–2023 | firedo not drivepark outside | 367 |
| 22V483000July 7, 2022 | electrical system: instrument cluster/panel | 2022–2023 | crash | 6,930 |
| 22V240000April 13, 2022 | air bags: air bag/restraint control module: software | 2022–2023 | crash and injury | 3,166 |
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