BMW X5: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 103 recall campaigns for the BMW X5, model years 1999 to 2026. NHTSA has 307 complaints on file for this model line. 26 of the 28 model years have a page on this register.

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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on 1 Oct 2026. Complaint file through 29 Mar 2018. Recall file through 29 Sep 2026.

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

BMW X5: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model year	Recall campaigns	Complaints	Share of the line average	Units in the campaigns
2026 BMW X5	2	0	0%	1,431
2025 BMW X5	5	0	0%	271,412
2024 BMW X5	8	0	0%	284,076
2023 BMW X5	4	0	0%	838
2022 BMW X5 NHTSA page	1	0	0%	61,221
2021 BMW X5	12	0	0%	82,726
2020 BMW X5	11	0	0%	584,565
2019 BMW X5	13	0	0%	584,514
2018 BMW X5	5	0	0%	735,589
2017 BMW X5	6	0	0%	826,844
2016 BMW X5	5	0	0%	826,792
2015 BMW X5	6	0	0%	109,651
2014 BMW X5	8	0	0%	117,671
2013 BMW X5	6	0	0%	342,554
2012 BMW X5	10	0	0%	443,324
2011 BMW X5	14	2	18%	1,577,881
2010 BMW X5	14	2	18%	1,436,668
2009 BMW X5	12	4	36%	1,249,204
2008 BMW X5	10	13	119%	1,233,039
2007 BMW X5	8	0	0%	1,212,234
2006 BMW X5	2	19	173%	76,805
2005 BMW X5	2	12	109%	405
2004 BMW X5	4	24	219%	5,107
2003 BMW X5	3	36	328%	649,709
2002 BMW X5	3	56	511%	316,752
2001 BMW X5	12	116	1058%	463,664
2000 BMW X5	6	23	210%	152,432
1999 BMW X5 NHTSA page	1	0	0%	13,721

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

393 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

BMW X5: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Engine and Engine Cooling	180.7	71
Power Train	114.5	45
Visibility	96.7	38
Electrical System	81.4	32
Latches/Locks/Linkages	78.9	31
Structure	53.4	21
Exterior Lighting	48.3	19
Air Bags	48.3	19
Service Brakes, Hydraulic	48.3	19
Fuel System, Gasoline	38.2	15

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the BMW X5, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2020, with 10 campaigns.

Complaints about the BMW X5, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2010, with 55 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

325I22 campaigns
323I12 campaigns
Z428 campaigns
328I27 campaigns
335I13 campaigns
M326 campaigns
3 Series8 campaigns
32511 campaigns
5 Series16 campaigns
Z33 campaigns
525I16 campaigns
528I14 campaigns
K1200LT0 campaigns
3187 campaigns
330I38 campaigns
530I33 campaigns
540I23 campaigns
740IL6 campaigns
X360 campaigns
330CI7 campaigns
318I4 campaigns
5255 campaigns
740I23 campaigns
325CI9 campaigns
535I12 campaigns
K1300 S5 campaigns
745LI6 campaigns
X3 SAV3 campaigns
540IA8 campaigns
335XI6 campaigns
135I6 campaigns
325XI12 campaigns
325IS4 campaigns
745I6 campaigns
328IC0 campaigns
7 Series8 campaigns
R1200C3 campaigns
318IS4 campaigns
K1300 GT4 campaigns
735I3 campaigns
5284 campaigns
K1200RS4 campaigns
K1200 GT6 campaigns
750IL9 campaigns
7356 campaigns
R1200 RT6 campaigns
328XI8 campaigns
7503 campaigns
330XI14 campaigns
5354 campaigns
R1200 GS17 campaigns
550I11 campaigns
750LI11 campaigns
318IC3 campaigns
K1200 S9 campaigns
530IA5 campaigns
K1200 LT2 campaigns
M523 campaigns
X5 SAV9 campaigns
6 Series9 campaigns

BMW: all 244 model lines

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Official channels

NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.

Cite this page

Recall Register. BMW X5: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/bmw/x5/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through 29 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through: 29 Mar 2018
Manufacturer in the recall file: BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which BMW X5 model years have the most recall campaigns?: 2011 with 14, 2010 with 14, 2019 with 13. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which BMW X5 model year has the most complaints?: The 2001 model year, with 116 of the 307 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the BMW X5 name?: Engine and Engine Cooling: 180.7 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 114.5 per 1,000 component mentions. Visibility: 96.7 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the BMW X5?: 5 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.