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Forward collision avoidancePart report

2025 BMW IX Forward collision avoidance Problems

Complaints
4about this part
Share
31%of 13 total for the year
Median mileage
—not reported
Trend
Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.

NHTSA recorded 4 complaints about the forward collision avoidance of the 2025 BMW IX, 31% of the 13 complaints for this model year. 3 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.

Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“At low speeds, the cruise control engages, causing the vehicle to accelerate. Stepping on the brake disengages the cruise control as it normally would. I have had this leased vehicle since March 2015. I have reported the issue 4 times to the dealer. Each time they interrogate the computer and tell me there are no errors. I have researched the internet, and there are numerous complaints about this potentially life-threatening issue. Point of interest. This is the same dealer who insisted my BMW 7 Series had nothing wrong when it was burning a quart of oil every ten days. …”

NHTSA complaint #11687045, filed 2025-09

“My 2025 BMW iX xDrive50 has experienced three separate random shutdown events while driving in active traffic. These shutdowns occurred without warning and caused sudden loss of vehicle functionality. One of these shutdowns resulted in a rear-end collision. The vehicle has been brought to BMW of Carlsbad three separate times. …”

NHTSA complaint #11708608, filed 2026-01

“BMW iX driver-assistance safety malfunction. In approx. April 2025 vehicle displayed “driver assistance permanently disabled.” Dealer contacted BMW and cleared codes; foreman reported ongoing code/concern. After return, ACC/lane keep/forward collision behavior became unreliable without dashboard error: lane centering intermittently fails; lane visualization inaccurate; following distance control intermittently fails; FCW/AEB/“too close” alerts/intervention do not occur even when enabled and set to early/far. …”

NHTSA complaint #11721488, filed 2026-03

“Driver was in parking space/nearly fully parked (her foot was on the brake coming to a full stop and about to place the car in park), when the car’s self drive function or cruise control engaged on its own. It then rolled up the hill, and into the trees. Thankfully no one was hurt (3 people in the car - 2 adults and 1 child) and the car stopped while leaning on a tree, otherwise it would have rolled over. She never uses cruise control, nor any of the self drive functions on the car at all. In her words, the car was “unstoppable”. …”

NHTSA complaint #11716615, filed 2026-02

Forward collision avoidance: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2025431%
2024926%
2023821%
2022722%

Other parts of the 2025 BMW IX

Vehicle speed control
4 complaints
Back-over prevention (rear camera)
3 complaints
Brakes
2 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
2 complaints
Electrical system
1 complaints
Fuel system
1 complaints
Steering
1 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2025 BMW IX

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 29, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

To check a specific vehicle for open recalls, use its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Methodology