The manufacturer filed it. Here it is, by model.
BMW XM: deaths and injuries the manufacturer reported to NHTSA
BMW reported 2 incidents alleging a death or injury in a BMW XM, model years 2023–2024, in its quarterly Early Warning reports to NHTSA (49 CFR 579.21), through 2026 Q1. Each is a claim the manufacturer received, not a finding; NHTSA does not verify them.
By model year
Source: manufacturer EWR death and injury reports and production reportsThe model year is the one the manufacturer named in the report. A model year with its own page links to it. “Built” is the manufacturer’s cumulative production for the model year from its latest Early Warning production report; the rate is incidents per 100,000 of them.
By the system the claimant named
Source: as the manufacturer reported it| System named | Incidents | Killed |
|---|---|---|
| Power Train | 1 | 0 |
| Forward Collision | 1 | 0 |
| Lane Departure | 1 | 0 |
| Other | 1 | 0 |
An incident naming several systems is counted under each. “Fire” and “Other” are categories in the rule, not systems.
Every one of these, dated and numbered
The defect dossier for the BMW XM puts each report beside the recalls, investigations, bulletins and owner complaints on the same system, as a PDF and two CSVs: the BMW XM, one system, every model year, numbered as exhibits.
The incidents
Source: VIN shown as NHTSA publishes it: the first eleven characters| Incident | Model year | State | Killed | Injured | Systems named | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| not reported | 2024 | NY | 0 | 2 | Power Train | 2026 Q1 |
| 2025-03-04 | 2023 | AR | 0 | 1 | Forward Collision · Lane Departure · Other | 2025 Q1 |
Each row above is a claim or notice BMW received alleging a death or injury in a BMW XM and reported to NHTSA as 49 CFR 579.21 requires; NHTSA does not verify it, and a XM that sold more will have more rows. All BMW models · What these reports are, and are not.