BMW X6
Owners filed 204 complaints across 21 model years of the BMW X6. The 2012 drew the most (32).
Which BMW X6 years should you avoid?
Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 BMW X6 model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.
Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every BMW X6 model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Too new | 3 | 2 | — | — | Latches/Locks/Linkages › Doors › Latch Plate | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | Forward Collision Avoidance › Automatic Emergency Braking | Routine | |
| 2024 | 9 | 5 | — | — | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | — | — | Structure › Body | Routine | |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | — | 1 | Forward Collision Avoidance › Automatic Emergency Braking | Routine | |
| 2020 | 9 | 10 | — | — | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2019 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2018 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | Service Brakes | Routine | |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 | — | — | Child Seat | Routine | |
| 2016 | 9 | 1 | — | — | Power Train | Routine | |
| 2015 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2014 | 11 | 3 | — | — | Air Bags | Do not drive | |
| 2013 | 25 | 5 | 1 | — | Air Bags | Do not drive | |
| 2012 | 32 | 7 | — | 2 | Engine | Do not drive | |
| 2011 | 31 | 11 | 3 | — | Engine | Do not drive | |
| 2010 | 15 | 9 | 4 | — | Engine | Do not drive | |
| 2009 | 19 | 10 | 1 | — | Engine | Do not drive | |
| 2008 | 4 | 8 | — | — | Seats | Do not drive | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | — | — | Air Bags | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.