BMW iX — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 266 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Driver-assistance systems76 (28.6%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2022–2023.
• Electrical system38 (14.3%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2022–2023.
• Air bags (restraint system)26 (9.8%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 2022–2023.
• Speed control & accelerator24 (9.0%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2022–2023.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)16 (6.0%)
• Steering16 (6.0%)

Other / uncategorized: 32 classifications (12.0%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (164 records, model years 2022–2026) are most frequently classified under: driver-assistance systems, electrical system and air bags (restraint system).
• Manufacturer communications (416 records, model years 2022–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, equipment & accessories and body & structure.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 2022 166 records for 2022 166
2. 2023 152 records for 2023 152
3. 2025 47 records for 2025 47
4. 2026 11 records for 2026 11

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 42mention a crash
• 18mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 36
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 416
• Investigations NHTSA 2
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 27
• Owner complaints NHTSA 164

Explore the underlying evidence records