2025 BMW X5
This year drew an ordinary 57 complaints for a BMW X5 — the model's median is 146. What they were about is the unusual part: 35.1% of them mention stability control, against 0.6% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 3 of the BMW X5, which began in 2019. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 57 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 146 |
| Involving a crash | 7 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 23.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- stability control — 35.1% of this year's complaints, against 0.6% across the other years of this generation (63.2×).
- electronic — 36.8% of this year's complaints, against 3% across the other years of this generation (12.2×).
- brakes — 36.8% of this year's complaints, against 4.4% across the other years of this generation (8.3×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V104000 (ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC); however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for t…
The contact owned a 2025 BMW X5. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 24V104000 (Electronic Stability Control (ESC), Service Brakes, Hydraulic,); however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The local dealer was conta…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 24V327000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
- 24V345000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 24V104000 ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) Fixed free of charge.
- 24V697000 ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) Fixed free of charge.
- 26V422000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the BMW X5 was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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