BMW backover prevention problems
Across all BMW models in NHTSA's complaint database, 162 complaints involve backover prevention. The X5 accounts for the largest share (26%). The single worst model year is the 2021 X5 with 10 backover prevention complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 162 about backover prevention, all BMW models
- Most affected
- X5 27% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 43,000 miles 16 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 28 and 1
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which BMW models
Worst model years for backover prevention
- 2021 BMW X510 complaints
- 2024 BMW X37 complaints
- 2019 BMW X36 complaints
- 2019 BMW X56 complaints
- 2024 BMW X56 complaints
Backover prevention complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 7 |
| 2018 | 5 |
| 2019 | 15 |
| 2020 | 8 |
| 2021 | 16 |
| 2022 | 20 |
| 2023 | 14 |
| 2024 | 35 |
| 2025 | 18 |
| 2026 | 9 |
Among the 16 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 43,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.