2025 Bmw X5: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 91 complaints
91
Total Complaints
2,000mi
Median Mileage
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
Top Issue
14
Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

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

80 25th Percentile
2,000 Median Mileage
2,873 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
17
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
16
SERVICE BRAKES
10
POWER TRAIN
7
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
7
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
4
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
3
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
3
VISIBILITY/WIPER
3
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
3

Severity Assessment

14
Crashes
1
Fires
7
Injuries
0
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"The contact owns a 2025 BMW X5. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V104000 (Electronic Stability Control (ESC), Service Brakes); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for..."
"The contact owns a 2025 BMW X5. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V104000 (Electronic Stability Control (ESC), Service Brakes); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for..."
"BMW leased me a defective 2025 x5 sDrive40i vehicle with a known brake defect on May 31, 2024. There is currently no fix or solution they claim.; however, they are currently building the exact same 2025 X5 model at their SC factory and shipping them. The vehicles produced the last 2 weeks are shipp..."

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