15 recalls covering model years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025. To check whether your vehicle is affected, look up your 17-character VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls — a recall may apply only to some vehicles of a given year.
The integrated brake system in these vehicles can malfunction. When it does, you can lose the power assist that makes the brake pedal easy to press, so the pedal goes hard and the vehicle takes longer to stop. The fault can also stop the anti-lock brakes and the stability control from working, which can let you lose control of the vehicle. The dealer inspects the brake unit and replaces it if needed.
A part inside both front seat belt retractors — the spring-loaded reels that pull the belt snug — may have been damaged when these vehicles were built. The damaged piece is a torsion bar, which helps control how the belt holds you during a crash. The belts on the front seats may look and feel completely normal, but they may not hold a person properly if a crash happens. BMW will replace both front retractors.
On some 2025 X1 models, the reinforcement plates inside the body posts between the front and rear doors may not be as strong as they should be. Those posts, called B-pillars, are a key part of the structure around the passenger area. If the plates are weak, that part of the body may not hold up in a crash the way it is designed to, leaving people inside less protected. Dealers will check both sides and replace the pillar if needed.
On these BMW cars and SUVs, the combined brake unit can act up. When it does, you may lose power brake assist, meaning the brake pedal gets much harder to push and the car takes longer to stop. The same fault can keep the anti-lock brakes and the stability control from working right, so the car may be harder to control. Dealers will replace the brake module. Even vehicles already fixed under earlier recall 24V-104 need this new repair.
Welds inside a small motor in the brake control unit can break. If that happens, you lose power brake assist and the rear brakes stop working, so the pedal gets hard and the vehicle needs much more distance to stop. The anti-lock brakes and the stability control may also quit, which makes the vehicle harder to keep under control. Dealers will replace the whole brake unit for free.
Your vehicle has an integrated brake system that can stop working correctly. If it fails, the brake pedal can suddenly get much harder to push, so you have to press far harder and the car needs more room to stop. The same fault can also knock out the anti-lock brakes and the stability control, the systems that keep the car from skidding or spinning during hard stops and slippery corners. The dealer replaces the whole brake unit.
During assembly, the seat belts for the two outer seats in the second row may have been pinched by a piece of interior trim. A pinched belt can be squeezed or caught where you cannot see it, so it may not tighten and hold a passenger the way it should in a crash. Everything can look and feel normal from the back seat. Dealers will check both belts and adjust the trim panel if it is trapping one.
BMW is recalling certain 2022-2023 iX xDrive40, iX xDrive50, iX M60 and X1 xDrive28i vehicles. The airbag directly in front of the driver may have been built incorrectly at the factory. Because of that mistake, it may not inflate the way it is supposed to during a crash, leaving the driver with less protection than expected. Nothing on the dashboard warns you about this. Dealers will replace the driver's airbag at no charge.
A part that feeds gasoline to the engine under high pressure, called the fuel rail, can crack on these BMWs. If it cracks, gasoline can leak out inside the engine compartment. That area gets very hot and holds electrical parts, so leaking fuel there can start a fire. You might notice a strong gas smell or a fuel stain near the front of the car. A dealer replaces the fuel rail with a new one at no cost.
The passenger seat belt has a locking mode that clamps the belt tight so it cannot loosen. On these cars that lock can switch off too early, before the belt has pulled all the way in. The belt then may not hold as it should in a crash, raising the chance of injury. The dealer will inspect the belts and retractors and replace them if needed, at no cost.
A sensor inside the airbag control unit tells the vehicle when it has rolled over. On these vehicles that sensor may not work correctly. If the car rolls over in a crash, the head airbags, the seat belt tighteners and other safety equipment may not turn on, leaving people inside less protected in exactly the kind of crash where that protection matters most. Dealers replace the airbag control unit free of charge.
The tie rod is the bar that connects your steering to a front wheel. On these vehicles it may have been put together incorrectly at the factory. That mistake wears out the joint at the end of the rod faster than normal, and over time the rod can break. If it snaps while you are driving, that wheel stops following the steering wheel and you can lose control of the car. Dealers will inspect and replace the tie rods and ball joints as needed.
The upright post between the front and rear doors, next to your shoulder, is padded so it can soak up some of the force if someone's head hits it in a crash. On these X1s, that area may not absorb enough impact, so it does not meet the federal rule for protecting people from hitting the inside of the car. A dealer will replace the trim pieces on the upper part of that post inside the vehicle.
The metal hardware used to mount the rear taillight housings on these BMWs was contaminated when it was made. Because of that, the brackets holding a taillight can crack, letting the light come loose or even fall off the car while you drive. Drivers behind you would lose the rear lighting the law requires, and a taillight lying in the road can become a hazard for other cars.
A sensor that tracks the position of the engine's crankshaft was built with the wrong software inside it. Because of that, it may not read the engine correctly, and the engine can suddenly stall. A stall can happen while you are driving, leaving you without power in traffic. Dealers will replace the crankshaft sensor for free. BMW first announced this for one model and later expanded it to thousands more BMW and MINI vehicles.
Complaints owners have filed with NHTSA about the BMW X1. These are unverified reports; better-selling years collect more.
| Model year | Complaints | Crashes | Fires | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 59 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
| 2019 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Recalls and complaint record for one model year at a time: