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BMW X4

Every model year 2016–2025: recalls, owner complaints, NHTSA crash ratings and EPA efficiency side by side, each value traced to the file it came from.

10 Model years 2016–2025

38 Recalls NHTSA campaigns, all years

75 Complaints owner reports, all years

A Newest grade 2025 Safety Signal

2019 Best on record cleanest filed year

The 2025 X4 →Which years to avoid Compare it

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Active NHTSA advisory on 3 model years of the X4 — park outside or do not drive. The year rows below carry it.

Every BMW X4 model year

Source: NHTSA · EPA · one row per year

Year	Powertrains	Safety	Recalls	Complaints	Crash	Best efficiency
2025	Hybrid Gas	A	1	4	—	24 mpg
2024	Hybrid Gas	A	1	3	—	24 mpg
2023	Hybrid Gas	C	2	8	—	24 mpg
2022	Hybrid Gas	F	5	4	—	24 mpg	Park outside
2021	Gas	F	7	6	—	25 mpg	Park outside
2020	Gas	F	10	15	—	25 mpg	Park outside
2019	Gas	D	7	11	—	25 mpg
2018	Gas	B	1	11	—	23 mpg
2017	Gas	C	2	3	—	23 mpg
2016	Gas	C	2	10	—	23 mpg

Which model year the record favours

Source: recalls and complaints per year on the road

Years to avoid, with the reasons →Best on the record 2019

On the filed record so far, the 2019 is the cleanest X4 year we hold, and the 2020 the one to check hardest. The 2020 carries a standing park-outside or do-not-drive advisory, which outranks every other number on this page.

Both figures are divided by the number of years the car has been on sale, because otherwise the oldest year on the page loses every time simply for having been around longer. The current model year and any year under three on the road are left out: their records are not finished.

Year	Safety Signal	Recalls /yr	Complaints /yr
2019	D	1	2
2018	B	0.1	1	1 critical
2016	C	0.2	1	1 critical
2017	C	0.2	0	1 critical
2023	C	0.7	3	1 critical
2022	F	1.2	1	Advisory
2021	F	1.4	1	Advisory
2020	F	1.7	2	Advisory

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What changed year to year

Source: computed from the filed record

2022: added hybrid; best combined mpg 25 → 24
2020: 2 → 4 EPA configurations
2019: best combined mpg 23 → 25
2017: 3 → 2 EPA configurations

Common questions about the BMW X4

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Which BMW X4 year is the best used buy?

On the recall record, the 2019 X4 comes out top of the years before the current one: Safety Signal grade D (68/100), 7 recalls and 11 owner complaints on file. That ranks paperwork, not condition — a specific car's history and service record still decide it.

What BMW X4 years should I avoid?

2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 have the weakest recall records in this range — one carries an active park-outside or do-not-drive advisory. The year pages list every campaign, its severity and whether a repair exists yet. Every X4 model year ranked, with the reasons.

How many recalls does the BMW X4 have?

Across model years 2016–2025, NHTSA has posted 38 recall campaigns for the BMW X4. They are counted per model year in the table above, because a campaign almost never covers the whole run — it covers a build range.