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2018 BMW X1

For every car sold, owners filed more complaints about the 2018 X1 than about the typical X1 year: 1.6 times as many. Among the 3 X1 years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about this one, 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.

1.07 per 1,000

1.6 times this nameplate’s own median

Counted from 32 complaints filed in the first three years, of 60 ever. 95% lower bound 0.70. Not counted: 1 complaint that reported only that a recall repair was unavailable, not a failure.

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 2018 X1 report

No phrase appears often enough in these complaints to describe them reliably.

When it breaks

Too few complaints record mileage for this model year to show a pattern. NHTSA largely stopped capturing mileage after 2021.

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 2018 BMW X1

Is 2018 a good year or a bad year for the X1?

For every car sold, owners filed more complaints about the 2018 X1 than about the typical X1 year: 1.6 times as many. Among the 3 X1 years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about this one, 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 2018 X1 have?

The parts owners named most often in complaints filed to date: Structure (22), Unknown Or Other (15), Electrical System (8).

Is the 2018 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: for every car sold, owners filed more complaints about the 2018 X1 than about the typical X1 year: 1.6 times as many.

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.