BMW X5

Common X5 problems

Across 11 model years (2015–2025), the BMW X5 carries 76 recall campaigns on record. Owners have filed 869 complaints with NHTSA, which has opened 14 investigations. Crash-test ratings cover 10 of 11 model years. Choose a year below for the full report.

Safety record by model year

Counts are raw NHTSA figures and are not normalised by how many were sold, so a high-volume year tends to show more of everything.

Year	Recalls	Complaints	Rating	Fuel	Report link
2025	5	56			Report
2024	8	142			Report
2023	4	29			Report
2022	1	57			Report
2021	12	96			Report
2020	11	101			Report
2019	13	178			Report
2018	5	67			Report
2017	6	73			Report
2016	5	70			Report
2015	6	0	—	—	Report

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