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NHTSA Safety Recalls

BMW X2 Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 7 recall campaigns for the BMW X2, across 5 model years from 2018 to 2025. The 2025 has the most (3); the fewest among years with a recall is 2020 (1).

Model years
5

2018–2025, with a recall

Recall campaigns
7
Most recalls
2025

3 recalls

Owner complaints
31

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 31 complaints with NHTSA about the BMW X2 across 8 model years; the most, 16, concern the 2018.

Owners marked a crash on 4 of the BMW X2 complaints (13%) and a fire on 1.

Across all BMW X2 model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 7 complaints), then the exterior lighting (7).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the BMW X2 in 2026: 12, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the BMW X2 is electronic stability control (esc), in 2 model-year listings.

The newest BMW X2 recall, 26V422000, was reported on July 1, 2026 and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: electric: control module.

NHTSA's recall file lists no recall for the 2022 and 2023 BMW X2, model years owners have filed complaints about.

BMW X2 years to avoid

Too few BMW X2 model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 0 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 X2, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
202605—not ranked
202531—not ranked
202422—not ranked
202301—not ranked
2022011not ranked
2020121not ranked
2019131not ranked
20181163not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.BMW X2 years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the BMW X2

  • ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)2
  • ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC):CONTROL MODULE1
  • AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE1
  • SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR1
  • SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:ELECTRIC:CONTROL MODULE1
  • STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY1
  • ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE1

BMW X2 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every BMW X2 recall campaign (7)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the BMW X2, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
26V422000July 1, 2026service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: electric: control module2025crash428
25V616000September 17, 2025seat belts: front: retractor2025crash and injury1,571
24V697000September 18, 2024electronic stability control (esc): control module2024crash309
24V104000February 12, 2024electronic stability control (esc)2024–2025crash266,716
20V283000May 20, 2020air bags: air bag/restraint control module2020crash and injury76
19V601000August 14, 2019steering: linkages: tie rod assembly2019crash32
18V465000July 11, 2018engine and engine cooling: engine2018crash5,309

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the BMW X2. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

Newest record on this page: October 12, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted