NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 BMW X5 Recalls
The 2000 BMW X5 has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 31, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 BMW X5. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 29
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2000 BMW X5, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2000 BMW X5
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 25V748000
- Reported
- October 31, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,361
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2001 X5
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 03V001000
- Reported
- January 9, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 84,000
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 X5
Service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages
- Campaign
- 02V194000
- Reported
- July 24, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 34,860
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001 X5
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 01V195000
- Reported
- June 14, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 13,721
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2000 BMW X5
Power train: automatic transmission: park/neutral start interlock switch
- Campaign
- 01V196000
- Reported
- June 14, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 14,300
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001 X5
Steering: steering wheel/handle bar
- Campaign
- 00V010000
- Reported
- January 18, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 190
- Same campaign
- only the 2000 BMW X5
2000 BMW X5 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 29 owner complaints about the 2000 BMW X5, the newest on May 26, 2016. Of these, 2 describe a crash (7%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2000 BMW X5, the component group named most often is the power train (24%), followed by the visibility (24%) and the latches/locks/linkages (10%).
1 of the 2000 BMW X5's 6 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2000 BMW X5 owners gave the mileage (13 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train7
- Visibility7
- Latches/Locks/Linkages3
- Electrical System2
- Exterior Lighting2
- Seat Belts2
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6 | |
| 2003 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 BMW X5 peaked in 2000, when NHTSA received 6. 48% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 BMW X5 drew 0.4× the complaints of the median BMW X5 year in the same window: 18th highest of the 18 ranked years.
That makes 2000 one of the three best-measured BMW X5 years.
The 29 complaints about the 2000 BMW X5 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
BMW X5 by model year
Other 2000 BMW models
Newest record on this page: October 31, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted