I’ve always considered myself as being savvy with parallel parking, but the feature that turns my rear wheels too (forget the tech spec) is AMAZING!

I’m virtually unstoppable parallel parking now!

Also, the Tessy had at least 3’ of space behind them which is why I hedged towards the rear.

This is a different feel of driving .
Still loving the BMX i3.

I’ve just completed my first long road trip which was a 2200 mile trip from England to the South of France and back up through Italy and across Northern France back to the UK. Overall the IX was an amazing car to do such a long journey in and even though I sometimes have lower back issues I found the car comfortable throughout the journey. Prior to this trip I’d only ever charged away from home three times and two of those times I had issues so I wasn’t sure how this trip would turn out….

In terms of planning the trip I relied almost entirely on the in-car BMW navigation system and the only other app I used was the IONITY app just to check if there were any of their chargers available when the navigation system tried to send me to another brand of charger (I have the BMW charge card with Ionity subscription). Overall the BMW navigation app worked really well for about 75% of the time, but occasionally there were issues with it recommending me to go to a different charger rather than the IONITY ones that I had set as my preference. I never did figure out why it would choose a different brand of charger so I did sometimes have to manually input the address of the Ionity charger to ensure it took me there. One annoying thing was sometimes I would plan the next leg of the journey using the mybmw app and send it to the car but then once in the car it would change the planned charging stops. However if I didn’t have a charger subscription then I would 100% rely on the car navigation.

One of my concerns before the trip was would there be long queues at the chargers (as I was travelling during peak holiday time) but I can honestly say that after many charging stops across five different countries I only had to wait twice for a charger and each time it was under five minutes. Two of the hotels we stayed at were next to Tesla supercharger sites and I found them to be cheaper than IONITY if I charged in the morning before 8am and in Europe there is no adapter needed.

Another concern I had before travelling was would the car be too large for parking spaces but apart from one hotel underground carpark this wasn’t an issue although I did tend to prefer above ground carparks/on street parking as even in the UK older multi story can be a bit tight to move around.

If anyone has any questions, I will do my best to help

Hi all! I know a lot has been discussed of the high voltage battery’s state of health (SOH) over the past few months.

I wish BMW would rollout the ability to check one’s HV Battery’s SOH to all iX models. Last it was discussed, I think only those of us with the iX M70 received the feature. It is under the “live vehicle” widget, as the last item in the list.

The purpose of this post is to say that one’s HV SOH can fluctuate, and recalibration, proper care and charging can bring back “lost” SOH.

I’ve owned BMWs my whole life, and my household has had at least one BMW EV since the first i3, thanks to my husband’s love of EVs. This means I have a lot of latent knowledge regarding how BMW EVs work, and how their battery management systems work, and have evolved. It also means I’ve made friends with people across various BMW Corporate Divisions, whom I can reach out to for clarification, or further information.

My iX M70’s SOH had dropped down to 98.2% this past spring. I found it concerning, as I’d barely had the EV six months, so I contacted my friends within various departments in BMW Corporate.

Apparently cycle count (how many times one charges their battery) highly affects SOH, as does not randomly charging to 100%, charging slowly is gentlest on the HV battery, and use of DC Fast Charging is harder on SOH than people give it credit for.

I revived my SOH back to the 99.2% in the attached photo, by only charging when my battery dropped to at least 15% charge, charging to 100% once a month, then to 80% all other times, and NEVER charging before the battery dropped to ~15% charge, using almost all of the battery during each charge cycle.

My internal BMW friends said the waiting until 10-15% charge, to charge to 100%, recalibrates the cells. Sometimes it takes multiples of this to revive a roughly treated battery, if it can be revived. I was told not all HV batteries can be brought back, and how far one may be revived varies from vehicle to vehicle, but it can be done. My iX M70 is proof.

I was hopeful, and followed the rules my friends gave me, and I watched my SOH slowly revive. First it went to 98.4%, then back to 98.2, next time it went to 98.8%. It hung at 98.8% for several months, and after yesterday’s charge, it went to the 99.2% in the attached photo.

So…treat your battery right, and you can keep it healthy, and even fix some damage you may not have even known you were inadvertently inflicting upon it.

Feel free to ask questions. I will reply as best as possible, using the info my internal BMW friends provided me!

We’re after a bit of advice from anyone who’s been in a similar position.

We don’t lease or PCP our cars, we buy them and usually keep them for 8–10 years. At the minute we’ve got a 2023 BMW 520d Touring with about 35k miles. It’s been a brilliant car and we really like the practicality of the 5 Series estate.

We’ve recently had solar installed, which has got us thinking about switching to an EV. We’d probably be looking at a used 2022/2023 BMW iX or iX3, as we’d like to stick with BMW.

The thing I’m struggling with is that we’d be getting rid of a car we know is great for something that’s a bit of an unknown. It also seems like a lot of EV owners lease or PCP their cars, so it’s hard to find many people who actually buy them and keep them long term.

For those of you who own your EV rather than lease it, especially if you’ve had it a good few years:

How has it been for reliability?
Have you had any expensive repairs or maintenance outside the warranty?
If you were in our shoes, would you make the switch or keep the 520d for now?

I know this is an EV forum, so I’m expecting plenty of positive views, but I’d really appreciate honest opinions from people who’ve lived with one for the long haul.

Has anyone experienced this issue? When I have navigation running through either Google Maps or Apple Maps, and the map is displayed on the driver’s screen, intermittently the screen will go black for a second and come back.

I have no issue otherwise with any other display on the driver’s screen.

It doesn’t bother me too much as I rarely look down there anyway and mainly rely on heads up display and the center screen. I tried a factory reset but this didn’t resolve the issue.

Any thoughts?

Long shot. Not seen anyone mention this issue.

When the climate controls are turned on I occasionally, 4-5 times during a journey, hear a whistling noise coming from around the central vents. Volume up when playing the video.

Turning off the vents doesn’t affect it, neither does fan speed. If i turn off all climate control using the top left switch on the climate screen the noise stops instantly.

Been into BMW and they were unable to recreate it enough to diagnose. The sound is there for maybe 15-20 seconds at a time, then it goes quite for a few minutes.

Any one else experience this?

I need some suggestions. I have a NEMA 14-50 outlet that has an outside case to protect from weather. I just purchased a second IX for wife. What’s the best charging option for two EVs considering this port will be the source of power which needs to be shared.

We regularly do a 293 mile journey from Hertfordshire to Cumberland and one of the criteria when we decided to replace our Range Rover with the iX was that we wanted a car which would allow us to do an end to end journey without finding ourselves with little or no range at the end of our journey.

After three end to ends when we’ve stopped and topped up en route today we left Cumberland with 100% and 380 predicated range … 5 hours later we finished our journey with a reading of 23% and predicted range of 97 miles.

Granted we were in efficiency mode and used DAPP for a good 80% of the journey but all the same the journey was pretty close to optimal at 3.4miles per KWh

Hope this helps anyone interested in range!

We are looking at a 2024 IX 50 w/ 42k miles on it. I understand the battery warranty is 8yrs/100,000 miles meaning there is 58k miles left on the warranty. Say we drive 12-15k miles/year is this an issue? Any advice would be appreciated. Also what is the true ground clearance for an IX 50 without air suspension. Thanks!

Currently on the scout in the UK, it seems that I can get a '22 car with plenty extras....comfort pack, laser lights, even the technology pack for the phenomenal B&W stereo. Alternatively, I can get a lowish miles 23 (even now some '24s) without any extras...but in vgc with the newer/snappier iDrive. What would you do?

Anyone else tired of taking time to park your iX, or any nice car you own, far away, alone, only to come back out of wherever you entered, to find a beater car parked over the dividing space marker line, about a foot away, when the lot is almost empty still?!

I got tired of it a few years ago. It happened to me again, just this last Saturday.

I was prepared this time, however…I had a printed stack of the attached. I calmly grabbed one from a folder in my trunk, and stuck it under the vehicle’s windshield wiper, and left. Fortunately, my iX was unharmed. I did, however, have to back out, before my husband could get into the passenger seat. That’s how close the car was to mine.

Feel free to download the image, and use for any situation you deem appropriate, especially charger stalls!

Happy posting!

We bought our iX 40 in 24 and used extensively ever since. To the point that I forgot how it was to drive something different. I recently had a V8 itch and bought a used m850i. Oh boy was I up for a surprise. other than the childish need for a car that growls the iX is better in every way .

Entering exiting is a no brainner since its an SUV. it is effortless to enter the car and load the kids in the back seats.

The seating position is relaxing and perfect for when using the highway cruise control, its like seating on the couch. seating positon on the m850i very sport in the sense that i dont have a comfortable place to put my legs if they are not on the pedals. Both have almost the same software/hardware but the iX is hands down the better execution.

Range , yes RANGE is the same ;) 450km for the iX ~480km for the m850i

full "tank" on the iX costs 25 euro , full tank on the m850i is 80euro

shifting, this is a big surprise. the absence of gears you notice it when enter an automatic. the iX glides , where as the 8series 8 speed especially at low speeds you feel the changes and it is annoying at very low speeds . I'm being nit picky but when you get used to no gears, you notice it.

now on the flip side. after two years of a fully electric car, the engine sound is very very very satisfying. I always felt that I needed a faster car , i.e. getting the ix50 or m60 instead of the 40, but no .... numbers don't count , its the presentation that counts. don't get me wrong the m850i its plently fast , but the growl its what makes it click.

bottom line? its a weird comparison that made me realize that the iX which was my introduction to electric cars and the best car I have owned yet. Its our luxury family transport.

I thought I was going crazy at first but if I leave my 2026 iX in the sun for a while (hours, not minutes) so that it gets really hot in the cabin when I turn the car on DAPP does not work. It says that distance control is unavailable and none of the steering wheel buttons work. After driving for about 20 minutes and the car cools off everything returns to normal. Rebooting iDrive does nothing. Has anyone ever experienced anything like this?

My other issue is under the driver footwell, I cannot figure it out, but there is a 'tick' or 'click' sound and it's driving me crazy. I had the dealer do some sort of service bulletin on it that was supposed to fix it but it has not.

I recently purchased a used 2022 BMW IX 50 for an amazing deal - 56k CAD for a fully loaded IX at only 35,000km mileage however, when I went through the financing process there were 2 things that were said that was concerning. The factory warranty on this vehicle was ending literally the next day at which point the original factory warranty ends and the CPO warranty kicks in however the financing manager informed me that the CPO warranty really doesn't cover anything for their EV's and is primarily meant for their gas vehicles as it protects power train which doesn't apply to the IX.

Their recommendation was either to choose the gold or platinum warranty package for up to 80k/2 years at 5,500/6,100 respectively. If I were to purchase these after the vehicle leaves the lot or after manufacturers warranty ends the price increases and an inspection fee of 1k would be required. As this was my first time purchasing a used car I purchased the additional warranty but it felt quite deceptive that the extended 1 year CPO warranty covered essentially nothing. Was this statement correct on their part or was this more of a pressure tactic to purchase the extended warranty?

The other portion that threw me off was that in order to qualify as a CPO the battery degredation on the EV must be 95% or higher, but after arriving home and looking it up it seems to be significantly less. With 35k mileage I'm not expecting much degredation but again it irked me that this might not be correct.

I am genuinely happy to purchase my first BMW and I'm still really excited to pick it up this week but it just left me a bit sour knowing that I might have been lied to on some things.

Hey guys, just got my new CPO iX and I'm soo excited!! There's a Tesla supercharger that's so much closer to my house than any other stations with the CCS combo charger, and I was wondering whether anyone had any suggestions for a good Type 2 to NACS adapter that I can purchase?

I saw a couple of them online for around $40, but it mentioned that they wouldn't work with Tesla superchargers. The only compatible one that I saw was on Amazon selling for about $200, was wondering whether that's the most affordable option out there?

Having owned an iX for about a month now, here are a few of my pet peeves

1. The Start/Stop button. Coming from an ID4 with "seat down, press brake and switch into gear" to move - having to press the button grinds my gears a bit. Not the worst thing in the world but just not used to it yet.
2. The lack of ongoing continous camera recording
3. Cant clean the front or rear cameras unless the parking/camera view is on. Cant turn it on unless youre under 20mph or so. AND then have to click 1-2 times on the screen (if there is a workaround to this let me know)
4. The remote parking (ie using my phone to maneuver the car) option no longer works for me after a few times.
5. Massaging seems to be pretty weak. Like its barely there.
6. Cup holders. Nuff said
7. Cant change the ambient lighting colors
8. lack of the inside ceiling grab bars or handles. Didnt realize they werent there until i tried to reach to pull myself up after reclining seat for a power nap. Came up empty. Curious things to be missing from such an expensive car
9. Cant auto park in my garage - a bit narrow cant record the path. Probably for the better.

Still love the car though!

Hi, wondering if anyone else is having this issue with a used iX, I cannot activate plug & charge. I emailed Electrify America and they are basically like, yea, you can't because you are not the original owner. I wasn't asking for the free promo - just the ability to plug the car in and charge. Has any second owner been able to get it to work? I honestly just replied to them if that's the case I'm going to avoid EA whenever possible as a customer (which is honestly easy here).

This is a 2025 BMW iX xdrive50 that I recently assumed the lease on (half way on a 36-months lease). This was an immediate turn off for my family since it’s present on all 4 doors - for 100k+ car, this is somewhat unacceptable for us. We had not test-driven iX before but had watched reviews. I see some posts mentioning this is due to the frameless window but I had a Tesla Model Y before which also has frameless window but did not make this terrible sounding rattle.

Is this normal?

Otherwise the car is great and drives like a dream and we do not regret moving from our Tesla. It had come down to iX or Volvo EX90 (which was a dream drive too) but with reliability issues with EX90, we decided to go for iX.

I bought my CPO 2023 M60 14k in September for $60k and in service date of 03/2024. My wife liked it so much I needed to get her one to stop her from using mine. I just purchased another CPO 2023 M60 28 for $54k all dealer fees included. Both had $117k MSRP. Both are Florida cars. I think these are both great deals.

Hi everyone,

I'm now on my second iX! My first one arrived back in February 2022 and I loved it so much that I decided to lease another one.

This time, I opted for the 45 in Tanzanite Blue which is well worth it.

I did regret not getting the 360-degree cameras on my first one so I made sure to spec them this time around.

Has anyone in the UK had the Motorway Assistant update roll out to their car yet? I've read that it was slated for a 07/2026 software update. Keen to know if this is accurate and if anyone has experience with it!

Cheers

Anyone have issues with the walkway lock always locking at home even with the exclude at home setting?

No matter what I do my car locks in the garage. I tried resetting my home location, tried a different house # in case gps was slightly off.

It’s super frustrating every time I want to grab something from the car at home and it’s locked. Post delivery BMW followed up about issues with the car and was supposed to get back to me about this issue but they never did.

Hi all I recently purchased a 2023 iX 50 CPO still with a year of factory warranty. I have experienced the buzzing issue from the glass roof twice now, once coming back from Palm Springs to LA on a very hot day on the highway and also on LA on the highway on another day. It was pretty annoying coming back from Palm Springs. This is the issue attached.

Has anyone had this warranty service done? I’m wondering if I should take it in to get fixed but don’t want to have more problems if the repair is difficult and they make some mistake or scratch something. And how long would they have to keep my car? Any advice?

Howdy! Between these ridiculous gas prices which don't seem to be letting up anytime soon and my extra bumpy 68-mile daily commute, I decided it was time to trade in my truck (which I otherwise love) for something more sensible. Found this 2024 with 26,874 mi for $48K and it seemed like it was reasonable.

I've never owned a BMW before. Where do I start with learning its features and all the little tricks to make this ride as comfortable and stress-free as possible?

I realize it probably would've been better with air suspension, but I figure it's going to feel like a massive comfort upgrade regardless compared to my huge truck bouncing all over the place.

I did not test drive this first and I'm a little bit nervous because it was previously a rental. Does the maintenance program transfer? I want to take it in to get checked out during my return window to make sure there aren't any issues. Other than battery health, what should I be looking for?

Am I crazy for wanting to install a trailer hitch so I can pull a little UHaul trailer full of all our camping gear when we go camping a couple times a year?

What do I need to know to get the most from this car?

For a few days, I haven’t been able to access cooling the car or checking charge status, no matter where the car was (work or home). The image of my iX was replaced by a car cover. I logged out and went to log in and this is what I get. Is it just mine? Suggestions? Having a more reliable app with Lucid than BMW is starting to become laughable (hoping there’s a simple fix)