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NHTSA Safety Recalls

BMW X1 Sav Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 2 recall campaigns for the BMW X1 Sav, across 2 model years from 2016 to 2017. The 2017 has the most (2); the fewest among years with a recall is 2016 (1).

Model years
2

2016–2017, with a recall

Recall campaigns
2
Most recalls
2017

2 recalls

Owner complaints
177

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 177 complaints with NHTSA about the BMW X1 Sav across 5 model years; the most, 64, concern the 2013.

Owners marked a crash on 12 of the BMW X1 Sav complaints (7%) and a fire on 5.

Across all BMW X1 Sav model years, owners name the air bags most often (at least 99 complaints), then the electrical system (19).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the BMW X1 Sav in 2017: 72, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the BMW X1 Sav is air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module, in 2 model-year listings.

The newest BMW X1 Sav recall, 17V062000, was reported on January 26, 2017 and concerns the air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module.

BMW X1 Sav years to avoid

Too few BMW X1 Sav 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

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the BMW X1 Sav, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2017288not ranked
2016144not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.BMW X1 Sav years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the BMW X1 Sav

  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE2
  • AIR BAGS1

BMW X1 Sav model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every BMW X1 Sav recall campaign (2)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the BMW X1 Sav, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
17V062000January 26, 2017air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module2016–2017crash and injury16,771
16V914000December 20, 2016air bags2017injury3,506

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the BMW X1 Sav. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

Newest record on this page: February 18, 2021. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted