Recall Register

BMW X6: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 44 recall campaigns for the BMW X6, model years 2006 to 2026. NHTSA has 101 complaints on file for this model line. 15 of the 21 model years have a page on this register.

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 20060
  2. 20070
  3. 20088
  4. 200910
  5. 20109
  6. 201111
  7. 20127
  8. 20135
  9. 20143
  10. 20151
  11. 20161
  12. 20172
  13. 20184
  14. 20194
  15. 202010
  16. 20217
  17. 20221
  18. 20231
  19. 20245
  20. 20254
  21. 20262
BMW X6: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model yearRecall campaignsComplaintsShare of the line averageUnits in the campaigns
2026 BMW X6200%28
2025 BMW X6400%270,709
2024 BMW X6500%283,056
2023 BMW X6 NHTSA page100%552
2022 BMW X6 NHTSA page100%61,221
2021 BMW X6700%77,154
2020 BMW X61000%585,118
2019 BMW X6400%290,374
2018 BMW X6400%32,869
2017 BMW X6200%32,784
2016 BMW X6 NHTSA page1121%32,760
2015 BMW X6 NHTSA page1362%32,760
2014 BMW X636125%264,890
2013 BMW X6520416%309,340
2012 BMW X6718374%407,462
2011 BMW X61122457%646,310
2010 BMW X6911229%502,822
2009 BMW X61015312%551,659
2008 BMW X68362%509,755
2007 BMW X6 NHTSA page0121%
2006 BMW X6 NHTSA page0121%

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

140 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

BMW X6: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
ComponentPer 1,000Mentions
Engine221.431
Air Bags214.330
Power Train128.618
Fuel/Propulsion System85.712
Electrical System64.39
Engine and Engine Cooling42.96
Steering35.75
Unknown or Other28.64
Electronic Stability Control (ESC)21.43
Fuel System, Gasoline21.43

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the BMW X6, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2020, with 8 campaigns.
Complaints about the BMW X6, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2017, with 32 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

BMW: all 250 model lines

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. BMW X6: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/bmw/x6/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
15 May 2019
Manufacturer in the recall file
BMW of North America, LLC

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which BMW X6 model years have the most recall campaigns?
2011 with 11, 2020 with 10, 2009 with 10. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which BMW X6 model year has the most complaints?
The 2011 model year, with 22 of the 101 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the BMW X6 name?
Engine: 221.4 per 1,000 component mentions. Air Bags: 214.3 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 128.6 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the BMW X6?
2 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.