BMW X4 — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 280 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Electrical system56 (20.0%)Official recall records for this system: 8, covering model years 2015–2025.
• Engine56 (20.0%)Official recall records for this system: 9, covering model years 2015–2025.
• Brakes28 (10.0%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2019–2021.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)22 (7.9%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2022–2023.
• Driver-assistance systems16 (5.7%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2019–2021.
• Air bags (restraint system)14 (5.0%)Official recall records for this system: 10, covering model years 2015–2025.

Other / uncategorized: 28 classifications (10.0%) 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 (176 records, model years 2015–2025) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, engine and brakes.
• Safety recalls (77 records, model years 2015–2025) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), electrical system and steering.
• Transport Canada recalls (62 records, model years 2015–2025) are most frequently classified under: engine, visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors) and seat belts.
• Manufacturer communications (2,054 records, model years 2015–2025) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.

"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

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 60reports included a mileage
• 41,901average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

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

1. 2015 223 records for 2015 223
2. 2016 199 records for 2016 199
3. 2017 168 records for 2017 168
4. 2018 96 records for 2018 96
5. 2019 295 records for 2019 295
6. 2020 281 records for 2020 281
7. 2021 188 records for 2021 188
8. 2022 106 records for 2022 106
9. 2023 62 records for 2023 62
10. 2024 56 records for 2024 56
11. 2025 17 records for 2025 17

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

• 18mention a crash
• 8mention a fire
• 4mention 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 77
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 2,054
• Investigations NHTSA 7
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 62
• Owner complaints NHTSA 176

Explore the underlying evidence records