Skip to content
Check Car Recalls

NHTSA Safety Recalls

BMW X4 Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 26 recall campaigns for the BMW X4, across 10 model years from 2016 to 2025. The 2020 has the most (10); the fewest among years with a recall is 2025 (1).

Model years
10

2016–2025, with a recall

Recall campaigns
26
Most recalls
2020

10 recalls

Owner complaints
93

all model years, NHTSA

ShareXFacebookWhatsAppEmail

Owners have filed 93 complaints with NHTSA about the BMW X4 across 11 model years; the most, 18, concern the 2015.

Owners marked a crash on 9 of the BMW X4 complaints (10%) and a fire on 4.

Across all BMW X4 model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 29 complaints), then the engine (18).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the BMW X4 in 2025: 22, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the BMW X4 is electrical system: starter assembly, in 8 model-year listings.

The newest BMW X4 recall, 26V056000, was reported on January 30, 2026 and concerns the electrical system: starter assembly.

BMW X4 years to avoid

Too few BMW X4 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 X4, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
202514—not ranked
202413—not ranked
202328—not ranked
2022543not ranked
2021761not ranked
202010155not ranked
20197115not ranked
20181110not ranked
2017232not ranked
20162101not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.BMW X4 years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the BMW X4

  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY8
  • BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA7
  • ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:PUMP3
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY:RELAY3
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL2
  • CHILD SEAT:LATCH STRAP2
  • ENGINE2
  • SEATS2
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE1
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL1

BMW X4 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every BMW X4 recall campaign (26)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the BMW X4, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
26V056000January 30, 2026electrical system: starter assembly2021–2023fire and injury87,394
25V636000September 23, 2025electrical system: starter assembly: relay2020–2022firepark outside199,674
24V910000December 5, 2024air bags2025crash and injury130
24V608000August 13, 2024engine and engine cooling: cooling system: pump2016–2018fire720,796
23V821000December 6, 2023power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)2023crash552
23V770000November 16, 2023steering2024crash201
23V211000March 29, 2023seats2021crash and injury51
22V070000February 9, 2022power train: automatic transmission2022crash and injury4
21V831000October 22, 2021exterior lighting2022crash2,577
21V646000August 18, 2021equipment: other: labels2022crash13
21V598000August 2, 2021engine2020–2021crash50,024
21V521000July 8, 2021air bags: frontal2019crash and injury138
21V199000March 24, 2021fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly2021fire17
21V096000February 19, 2021back over prevention: sensing system: camera2019–2021crash and injury13,858
20V598000September 30, 2020back over prevention: sensing system: camera2020–2021crash and injury312
20V355000June 15, 2020steering: linkages: tie rod assembly2020crash2,779
20V164000March 19, 2020seat belts: front: buckle assembly2020crash and injury3,316
20V152000March 18, 2020electrical system: instrument cluster/panel2019–2020crash and injury15
19V738000October 16, 2019steering: rack and pinion: pinion shaft2020crash20
19V684000September 27, 2019back over prevention: sensing system: camera2019–2020crash257,473
19V678000September 25, 2019suspension: front2020crashdo not drive368
19V563000July 31, 2019seats2019crash and injury20
19V291000April 10, 2019air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module2019crash and injury50
18V453000July 6, 2018service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: disc: caliper2019crash5,594
16V333000May 23, 2016child seat: latch strap2016–2017crash and injury188,668
26V438000electrical system: starter assembly2021–2025fire and injury—

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the BMW X4. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

Check your VIN on NHTSACall NHTSA 1-888-327-4236

Newest record on this page: October 10, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

ShareXFacebookWhatsAppEmail