MODELYEARINDEX

BMW X6

110 complaints across 3 scored model years and 18 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · BMW X6 Full report
C
Grade 2011–2013
2012 vs model median 1.0×
Model median3× median
Engine 5
Electrical 3
Body & Interior 2
Weakest

2011 · 2012

Best

2011 · 2013

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2011
1.00× 12 C
2012
1.02× 13 C
2013
0.83× 21 C
2024 P
0.72× 21 C

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

Recalls

18 campaigns on record, 5 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
24V104000 ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 2024 266,716
16V746000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2011 136,188
17V138000 POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT 2011–2013 121,909
16V364000 Park it AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2011 97,738
19V017000 Park it AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2011–2013 83,016
20V017000 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2011–2013 59,965
17V020000 Park it AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE 2012 48,951
18V248000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER 2011, 2012 47,806

+ 10 further campaigns

Others in Midsize SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura MDX
20162020
C
Audi Q7
20172021
C
Audi Q8
2019
C
BMW X5
20112021
D
Chevrolet Traverse
20102011
C
Dodge Durango
20112012
C
Dodge Journey
20142015
C
Dodge Nitro
none flagged
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2012 X6
Complaints in window
13
Severity-weighted
29.5
Model median (weighted)
29
vs model median
1.02×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
15
Open investigations
0
Score 59.6 C