FaultScore

Worst years for a BMW IX

Owners have filed 186 complaints about the BMW IX with NHTSA across model years 2022 to 2025. More of them are about the driver assist & collision avoidance than anything else.

Avoid

2024 BMW IX

60 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly driver assist & collision avoidance.

Cleanest on record

2025 BMW IX

20 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every BMW IX year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2025 C 20 13 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2024 F 60 26 5 200 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2023 F 58 22 0 2,000 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2022 C 48 6 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance

What breaks on a BMW IX

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Worst in 2024

Worst in 2024

Other & Unspecified 18 9.7%

Worst in 2023

Acceleration & Cruise Control 14 7.5%

Worst in 2022

Airbags 13 7.0%

Worst in 2023

Brakes 12 6.5%

Worst in 2024

Transmission & Drivetrain 11 5.9%

Worst in 2022

Steering 10 5.4%

Worst in 2022

Fuel & Propulsion 8 4.3%

Worst in 2022

Engine & Cooling 6 3.2%

Worst in 2024

Body & Structure 3 1.6%

Worst in 2024

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 2 1.1%

Worst in 2022

Seats 2 1.1%

Worst in 2022

Suspension 1 0.5%

Worst in 2024

Exactly what failed on a BMW IX

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Warnings 14 25.9%
Automatic Emergency Braking 12 22.2%
Adaptive Cruise Control 11 20.4%
Warnings 9 16.7%
Body 3 5.6%
Vehicle TO Vehicle 1 1.9%
Software 1 1.9%
Rearview System Braking 1 1.9%
Assist 1 1.9%
Blind Spot Detection 1 1.9%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every BMW IX, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jul 2022 peak 11 Aug 2026

Compare the BMW IX

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.