BMW X6 — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 602 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Engine140 (23.3%)Official recall records for this system: 9, covering model years 2008–2020.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)76 (12.6%)Official recall records for this system: 7, covering model years 2011–2023.
• Air bags (restraint system)64 (10.6%)Official recall records for this system: 17, covering model years 2008–2026.
• Fuel system50 (8.3%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2008–2011.
• Electrical system48 (8.0%)Official recall records for this system: 11, covering model years 2008–2021.
• Brakes44 (7.3%)Official recall records for this system: 17, covering model years 2009–2025.

Other / uncategorized: 36 classifications (6.0%) 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 (408 records, model years 2008–2026) are most frequently classified under: engine, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and air bags (restraint system).
• Safety recalls (141 records, model years 2008–2026) are most frequently classified under: air bags (restraint system), brakes and suspension.
• Transport Canada recalls (145 records, model years 2008–2025) are most frequently classified under: brakes, electrical system and air bags (restraint system).
• Manufacturer communications (4,638 records, model years 2008–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, equipment & accessories 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

• 228reports included a mileage
• 60,242average 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. 2008 260 records for 2008 260
2. 2009 286 records for 2009 286
3. 2010 312 records for 2010 312
4. 2011 315 records for 2011 315
5. 2012 268 records for 2012 268
6. 2013 252 records for 2013 252
7. 2014 204 records for 2014 204
8. 2015 271 records for 2015 271
9. 2016 263 records for 2016 263
10. 2017 225 records for 2017 225
11. 2018 133 records for 2018 133
12. 2019 91 records for 2019 91
13. 2020 347 records for 2020 347
14. 2021 266 records for 2021 266
15. 2022 157 records for 2022 157
16. 2023 94 records for 2023 94
17. 2024 151 records for 2024 151
18. 2025 76 records for 2025 76
19. 2026 20 records for 2026 20

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

• 12mention a crash
• 24mention a fire
• 20mention 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 141
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 4,638
• Investigations NHTSA 8
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 145
• Owner complaints NHTSA 408

Explore the underlying evidence records