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2016 BMW X1

Too few owners filed complaints about the 2016 X1 in its first three years to say whether it is a better or a worse year than the others. Among the 3 X1 years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2018 (1.07 per 1,000 sold) and the most about the 2023 (1.85).

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.62 per 1,000

too few complaints to rank against its other years

Counted from 13 complaints filed in the first three years, of 162 ever. 95% lower bound 0.28.

Every X1 model yearComplaints per 1,000 sold, first three years
This yearOther yearsToo few complaints to rankTypical year, 0.69

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters. The bar is how many complaints each rate rests on.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20130.4512
20140.6917
20151.3425
20160.6213
20170.5817
20181.0732
20231.8539

Issues owners of the 2016 X1 report

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Unknown Or Other 64 complaints

secure2742%
rolling2133%
secure against1422%
against rolling1422%

When it breaks

39% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 36,000 miles, from 38 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

1 investigation covering this model year, 0 of which list a recall campaign.

Desiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture

Questions buyers ask about the 2016 BMW X1

Is 2016 a good year or a bad year for the X1?

Too few owners filed complaints about the 2016 X1 in its first three years to say whether it is a better or a worse year than the others. Among the 3 X1 years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2018 (1.07 per 1,000 sold) and the most about the 2023 (1.85). The typical year is the median across its model years.

What problems does the 2016 X1 have?

The parts owners named most often in complaints filed to date: Unknown Or Other (64), Power Train (34), Visibility/Wiper (18). The phrases they used are listed above.

Is the 2016 X1 reliable?

Complaint records cannot settle that on their own. They count safety problems owners chose to report to the federal government, not every repair. What they do show is how this year compares with the other X1 years: too few owners filed complaints about the 2016 X1 in its first three years to say whether it is a better or a worse year than the others.

Which X1 year has the fewest complaints?

Among years with enough complaints to compare, the 2018, at 1.07 per 1,000 sold. Every X1 year, ranked.

What the used-car guides say

No guide we read covers the X1.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page, each on NHTSA’s own site:

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is checked by hand against its source table, not against an outside figure.