2014 BMW X1 — Complaint #2126948
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NHTSA Complaint about ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING filed September 4, 2025
NHTSA complaint #2126948 (ODI reference 11684977) concerns a 2014 BMW X1 and was filed on September 4, 2025. The owner reports the failure occurred on September 4, 2024. The report was geocoded to Connecticut based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as engine and engine cooling, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same BMW X1 cohort independently describe similar engine and engine cooling failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2014 BMW X1 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2014 BMW X1. The contact stated that coolant was leaking from the vehicle with the engine light illuminated. There was smoke coming from the vehicle. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V608000 (Engine and Engine Cooling, Electrical System). The vehicle was taken to an unknown local dealer, and the contact was informed that parts were not available. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who replaced the brake pads. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was unknown.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2126948 |
| ODI Number | 11684977 |
| Date Filed | September 4, 2025 |
| Failure Date | September 4, 2024 |
| VIN | WBAVL1C54EV |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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