22V541000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY
A short-circuit in a high voltage battery increases the risk of a fire.
2023 BMW IX
12 safety recall campaigns, 1 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 58 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
1 campaign covering the 2023 BMW IX carries NHTSA’s “park it” advisory — the federal government telling owners to stop driving the vehicle until the remedy has been performed. Whether it was performed on any particular car is not something NHTSA publishes in a form anyone can query; a franchised dealer can run the VIN and print the record in a minute, and the repair is free.
The record
Recall campaigns12
Park it1stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints58
Complaints citing a crash22
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 12
25V395000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION MOTOR:CONTROLLER:SOFTWARE
A loss of drive power increases the risk of a crash.
25V470000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY
Battery module failure may lead to a shutdown of the high-voltage system which can result in a loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash. In addition, module failure increases the risk of a fire.
23V449000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:HYBRID MANAGEMENT
An improperly connected or assembled CCU can interrupt electrical power while driving and result in an engine stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
23V409000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL
A sudden increase in vehicle speed can increase the risk of a crash.
23V295000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY
An engine stall increases the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 12AIR BAGS
- 10UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 7ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 5FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
- 3VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 3FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL
- 3POWER TRAIN
- 2FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2023 BMW IXs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.