XPeng is recalling 33,473 units of its X9 electric MPV in China over a front air suspension defect, according to a filing published on Friday by the State Administration for Market Regulation.
The notice comes days after owners in Chongqing reported that their vehicles were sagging and becoming undrivable in extreme heat.
The recall covers X9 vehicles produced between August 8, 2023 and August 11, 2025 and begins on August 28.
Manufacturing-process variation reduced the airtightness of the front air springs on some vehicles, the notice says.
Prolonged use in high-temperature, high-humidity conditions can cause slow leaks that trigger a fault light and on-screen warning — and, in translated terms, “a safety hazard” affecting handling in extreme cases.
XPeng will replace the front air spring strut assemblies free of charge with an improved part; vehicles that already received the updated component are excluded from a second replacement.
Owners will be notified through app notifications and phone calls, with details available through the company’s service hotline and the regulator’s recall center — the standard mechanics of a campaign registered under China’s defective-vehicle recall rules.
From Thermal Protection to a Filed Defect
The filing closes a two-week arc that began with owners rather than regulators.
During a Chongqing heatwave that pushed temperatures to 40 degrees Celsius, multiple X9 owners reported air suspension leaks and bodies sagging on one side or entirely while driving, with some vehicles unable to continue, local media reported earlier this month.
Customer service initially attributed hot-weather warnings to a thermal-protection mode, telling owners that frequent ride-height adjustments in heat could overheat the compressor and advising them to park and wait for the system to recover.
On July 16 the company “expressed its deep apologies,” and extended the warranty on the X9’s front air spring system to eight years or 160,000 kilometers — covering the strut assemblies, air supply unit, its solenoid valve box and the air tank, and transferring with ownership.
More Than Half of Every X9 Built
The production window tells the story of the recall’s scale.
Opening on August 8, 2023 — months before the model’s January 2024 launch — and running to August 11, 2025, the window covers essentially every X9 built in the model’s first two years.
Against the more than 60,000 cumulative global deliveries the company has reported for the MPV, the 33,473 recalled units represent over half of every X9 delivered anywhere.
CPCA retail data for China shows the model delivering 20,112 units domestically in 2025, peaking at a record 4,935 in December, and 13,324 in the first half of 2026 — a period that opened with January deliveries up 395.8% year over year before turning negative in May, down 43.7%, and June, down 13.8%, the first consecutive declines in the series.
The X9 reached seven European countries in mid-Juneas XPeng‘s export push accelerated, and the company has not said whether vehicles shipped abroad from the affected production run will receive an equivalent remedy.
Second Major Recall in Under a Year
Friday’s campaign is XPeng‘s second large physical recall inside ten months.
Last September the company recalled 47,490 P7+ sedans — about two-thirds of that model’s deliveries at the time — over a steering-assist wiring fault, a campaign Morgan Stanley judged manageable because other models used a different steering system.
Across the two campaigns, XPeng has now recalled more than 80,000 vehicles spanning its flagship MPV and its sedan.
The company posted its strongest month of 2026 in June at 40,126 deliveries and holds a 550,000-to-600,000 full-year target.
Quality records also travel: chief executive He Xiaopeng said this week the company stands ready to enter the US market and build plants there if policy allows, an ambition in which recall history becomes part of the pitch.
