2024 BMW IX Back Over Prevention Warnings Problems
3 NHTSA complaints on file
Back Over Prevention Warnings Issues in the 2024 BMW IX
3 back over prevention warnings complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2024 BMW IX. Of these, 2 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.
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All Back Over Prevention Warnings Complaints
Using BMW's Parking Assistant Professional feature, I recorded and saved a backup parking maneuver into my garage on 5/7/2024. The idea is that this saved maneuver can later be recalled and used as the car approaches the same location as where it was recorded. This function worked well the first 10 times or so that I used it. However, this past Sunday (5/12/2024), as I pressed on the touch screen to start this parking maneuver, the car did not perform the maneuver as it had the previous 10 times. Instead, the car went straight back and hit the wall. I have reported this glitch to BMW USA and have not received any response.
Car was in auto park at traffic light and it started to drive and hit the car in front. Brakes or front collision did not stop the car.
Issue 1- Car Starts to slowdown on its own when on self-drive mode on freeways – Has happened 3 X - service center has not be able to reproduce the error but many people on BMW forums has complained about the same in various driving conditions. Ours happened on a straight road with no car ahead of us but a car behind us which nearly caused an accident and a lot of anxiety . Our car went down from 70MPH to 40 and wouldn’t let me accelerate as well . Issue 2 - Front and Rear self-parking modes don’t work – Always have an error and goes in the wrong direction and doesn’t detect open spaces. For example it can’t decipher between grass and tarmac when the feature is being used in a driveway. Have recorded evidence and the BMW service station says the feature can’t be used on a...
Other 2024 BMW IX Problem Areas
Electrical System
13 complaints
Service Brakes
8 complaints
Forward Collision Avoidance Warnings
4 complaints
Engine
3 complaints
Forward Collision Avoidance Automatic Emergency Braking
3 complaints
Power Train
3 complaints
Unknown Or Other
3 complaints
Vehicle Speed Control
3 complaints
Forward Collision Avoidance Adaptive Cruise Control
2 complaints
Fuelpropulsion System
2 complaints
Steering
2 complaints
Communication Vehicle To Vehicle
1 complaint
Equipmentelectricalnavigational Systemglobal Positioning System
1 complaint
Latcheslockslinkageshatchbackliftgatelock
1 complaint
Structurebody
1 complaint
Suspension
1 complaint
Tires
1 complaint