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BMW X5

2015 BMW X5

6 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations (2 open), 199 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns6
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations22 open
Owner complaints199
Complaints citing a crash12
Complaints citing a fire8

Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.

Recall campaigns 6 of 6

21V9070002021-11-19

FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL

A melting intake manifold increases the risk of a fire.

21V5860002021-07-29

FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP

Fuel pump failure can cause an engine stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.

18V7550002018-10-25

ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE)

The melting intake manifold can increase the risk of a fire.

16V6830002016-09-21

AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator housing could separate from the base plate and result in metal striking the vehicle occupants, potentially resulting in serious injury or death.

15V1470002015-03-13

AIR BAGS

Without a secure connection to the inflator, the HPS air bags may have insufficient inflation during a vehicle crash, increasing the risk of injury.

14V6500002014-10-17

SEATS

In the event of a crash, the seat belt attachment could break and fail to restrain a seat occupant, increasing the risk of injury.

What owners report most

  • 42ENGINE
  • 30FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
  • 19FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
  • 19UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 14AIR BAGS
  • 12POWER TRAIN
  • 12ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 7STEERING

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2015 BMW X5s can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.

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