NHTSA Safety Recalls
BMW X1 Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 17 recall campaigns for the BMW X1, across 10 model years from 2016 to 2025. The 2023 has the most (6); the fewest among years with a recall is 2021 (1).
- Model years
- 10
- Recall campaigns
- 17
- Most recalls
- 2023
- Owner complaints
- 674
2016–2025, with a recall
6 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 674 complaints with NHTSA about the BMW X1 across 14 model years; the most, 159, concern the 2016.
Owners marked a crash on 28 of the BMW X1 complaints (4%) and a fire on 12.
Across all BMW X1 model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 137 complaints), then the power train (106).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the BMW X1 in 2024: 150, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the BMW X1 is structure: body: roof and pillars, in 5 model-year listings.
The newest BMW X1 recall, 26V422000, was reported on July 1, 2026 and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: electric: control module.
BMW X1 years to avoid
Too few BMW X1 model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 3 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
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | First years | vs median year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | — | not ranked |
| 2025 | 3 | 17 | — | not ranked |
| 2024 | 3 | 30 | — | not ranked |
| 2023 | 6 | 70 | — | not ranked |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 1 | not ranked |
| 2021 | 1 | 9 | 5 | not ranked |
| 2020 | 1 | 13 | 6 | not ranked |
| 2019 | 3 | 13 | 4 | not ranked |
| 2018 | 4 | 60 | 35 | not ranked |
| 2017 | 2 | 156 | 15 | not ranked |
| 2016 | 3 | 159 | 17 | not ranked |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.BMW X1 years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the BMW X1
- STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS5
- ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)4
- SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR3
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS2
- STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY2
- ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC):CONTROL MODULE2
- AIR BAGS:FRONTAL2
- SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:ELECTRIC:CONTROL MODULE2
- SEAT BELTS1
- ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE1
BMW X1 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every BMW X1 recall campaign (17)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26V422000July 1, 2026 | service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: electric: control module | 2023–2024 | crash | 428 |
| 25V616000September 17, 2025 | seat belts: front: retractor | 2025 | crash and injury | 1,571 |
| 24V829000November 4, 2024 | structure: body: roof and pillars | 2025 | crash and injury | 3,312 |
| 24V739000October 2, 2024 | electronic stability control (esc) | 2023 | crash | 11,579 |
| 24V697000September 18, 2024 | electronic stability control (esc): control module | 2023–2024 | crash | 309 |
| 24V104000February 12, 2024 | electronic stability control (esc) | 2023–2025 | crash | 266,716 |
| 23V260000April 12, 2023 | seat belts: rear/other | 2023 | crash and injury | 1,465 |
| 23V079000February 14, 2023 | air bags: frontal | 2022–2023 | crash and injury | 15,803 |
| 22V513000July 20, 2022 | fuel system, gasoline: fuel injection system: fuel rail | 2022 | fire | 5 |
| 21V554000July 21, 2021 | seat belts | 2021 | crash and injury | 21,537 |
| 20V283000May 20, 2020 | air bags: air bag/restraint control module | 2020 | crash and injury | 76 |
| 19V601000August 14, 2019 | steering: linkages: tie rod assembly | 2018–2019 | crash | 32 |
| 19V349000May 9, 2019 | structure: body: roof and pillars | 2016–2019 | crash and injury | 106,182 |
| 19V074000January 30, 2019 | exterior lighting: tail lights | 2018–2019 | crash | 5,920 |
| 18V465000July 11, 2018 | engine and engine cooling: engine | 2018 | crash | 5,309 |
| 16V747000October 17, 2016 | seat belts: front: retractor | 2016–2017 | crash and injury | 15,455 |
| 15V887000December 30, 2015 | steering: gear box (other than rack and pinion) | 2016 | crash | 2 |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the BMW X1. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: October 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted