2025 BMW IX Vehicle speed control Problems
- Complaints
- 4about this part
- Share
- 31%of 13 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 12,546miles
- Trend
- Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.
NHTSA recorded 4 complaints about the vehicle speed control of the 2025 BMW IX, 31% of the 13 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 12,546 miles. 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.
“The contact owns a 2025 BMW IX. The contact stated that while driving approximately 65 MPH, the vehicle independently accelerated without the accelerator pedal being depressed. The contact depressed the brake pedal to avoid a crash and the vehicle eventually returned to normal operation. The failure had occurred on several occasions. A dealer was contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 16,000.”
NHTSA complaint #11761953, filed 2026-09, 16,000 miles“The contact owns a 2025 BMW IX. The contact stated that while on several occasions when turning the steering wheel and depressing the brake was being held, she observed a noise emanating from the front wheels. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the failure as not able to be replicated. The contact stated that while stopped in a parking lot, the vehicle inadvertently accelerated and struck an unoccupied vehicle, then hit a storefront window and entered the closed business. The contact was shocked but sustained no injuries and did not require medical attention. A police report was filed. …”
NHTSA complaint #11736556, filed 2026-05, 9,092 miles“On October 17, 2025 at approximately 3:15 PM in the parking lot of a shopping mall at 2040 Lomita Blvd, Lomita, CA, our 2025 BMW iX M60 suddenly accelerated forward unintentionally while the driver was attempting to park. The vehicle made a loud “whirring” sound as if the motor engaged on its own, and it lurched forward rapidly without any acceleration input from the driver. The car traveled only about 2 feet before crashing into a wall in front of the parking space. All front and side airbags deployed. …”
NHTSA complaint #11695421, filed 2025-10“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 2026-02Vehicle speed control: other model years
Other parts of the 2025 BMW IX
4 complaintsBack-over prevention (rear camera)
3 complaintsBrakes
2 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
2 complaintsElectrical system
1 complaintsFuel system
1 complaintsSteering
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2025 BMW IX
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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