Warnings Problems of BMW X6

On December 27, 2025, while using the vehicle’s automated park assistant feature to reverse into my assigned parking space in my enclosed residential garage, my 2025 BMW X6 failed to detect a fixed concrete structural column directly in its path. Rather than braking or alerting me (the driver) to the obstacle, the vehicle accelerated into the column, causing rear bumper damage. No warning was issued by the parking collision system prior to or during impact. My car was subsequently inspected at an authorized BMW dealership (braman BMW, miami). The dealership pulled backend diagnostic data and forwarded it to BMW north America engineering for review. BMW engineering confirmed that a sensor related error code was thrown and logged at the moment of the incident while the automated park assistant was actively engaged. Engineering attributed the code to “sensor noise/overwhelm” but somehow concluded it was unrelated to the failure to brake or detect the obstacle. BMW north America’s official position is that there is no defect with the vehicle and has closed the case. No physical testing of the parking sensors, cameras, wiring, or software was performed at any point despite my request. Both braman BMW in miami and BMW north America have declined to provide me with the full diagnostic data, error codes, or engineering analysis reviewed internally. This incident represents a potential safety risk not only to me as the sole driver of this vehicle but to pedestrians and bystanders present during automated parking operations.

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The automatic parking feature was being used to park in garage the vehicle proceed to back up without stopping and the emergency braking system didn’t engage leading to the vehicle crashing. I could have been injured if the structure of the house didn’t stop the vehicle. If someone had been behind the vehicle they would’ve been killed. The incident was reported to BMW, although the system malfunctioned the driver is responsible for maintaining control of the vehicle. The vehicle is has been repaired but system is still malfunctioning. These problems didn’t exist prior to crash.

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The rear sensor system design on the X6 does not work as described and the complaint was acknowledged by our BMW dealer “with nothing they can do”. When backing up out of a parking space, it does not alert for persons walking or driving by behind you unless they are only inches away. This has caused personal conflicts with persons walking who thought we should have stopped. And, we nearly had a horrible accident when changing lanes at freeway speeds in front of a semi - a pickup cut us off by jumping in our blind spot and no alert was received. Had I not finally seen him and took evasive action, we would have collided in front of the semi. I have seen similar unsatisfied owner complaints on the forums and there are likely other similar reports here. Thank you. We are selling this vehicle to get something safer.

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