2024 Bmw X5: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 240 complaints
240
Total Complaints
6,000mi
Median Mileage
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
Top Issue
13
Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

Distribution of NHTSA complaints by vehicle mileage at time of report.

4,023 25th Percentile
6,000 Median Mileage
9,480 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
56
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
47
SERVICE BRAKES
42
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
19
POWER TRAIN
15
ENGINE
13
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
12
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
5
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
4
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
4

Severity Assessment

13
Crashes
1
Fires
5
Injuries
0
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"BMW of North America is hiding problems with brand new vehicles. Their German website returns at least 2 recall codes for my car and the US website states there are none, yet my car has been in the service department just days after taking delivery until now which is a month later with no repair or ..."
"BMW of North America is hiding problems with brand new vehicles. Their German website returns at least 2 recall codes for my car and the US website states there are none, yet my car has been in the service department just days after taking delivery until now which is a month later with no repair or ..."
"BMW of North America is hiding problems with brand new vehicles. Their German website returns at least 2 recall codes for my car and the US website states there are none, yet my car has been in the service department just days after taking delivery until now which is a month later with no repair or ..."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28