NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 BMW X5 Recalls
The 2006 BMW X5 has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 12, 2013.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 BMW X5. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 168
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
11 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 BMW X5, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2006 BMW X5
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification
- Campaign
- 13V564000
- Reported
- November 12, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 76,565
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2006 BMW X5
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 05V504000
- Reported
- November 1, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 240
- Same campaign
- also 2005 X5, 2 other models
2006 BMW X5 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 168 owner complaints about the 2006 BMW X5, the newest on August 14, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (3%) and 11 a fire; owners reported 12 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 BMW X5, the component group named most often is the air bags (49%), followed by the seats (15%) and the service brakes (13%).
1 of the 2006 BMW X5's 2 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2006 BMW X5 owners gave the mileage (132 complaints), the median was 85,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags83
- Seats25
- Service Brakes21
- Electrical System20
- Seat Belts8
- Engine7
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 9 | |
| 2011 | 12 | |
| 2012 | 13 | |
| 2013 | 21 | |
| 2014 | 45 | |
| 2015 | 13 | |
| 2016 | 13 | |
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 BMW X5 peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 45. 7% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 BMW X5 drew 0.5× the complaints of the median BMW X5 year in the same window: 17th highest of the 18 ranked years.
That makes 2006 one of the three best-measured BMW X5 years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 168 complaints about the 2006 BMW X5 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
BMW X5 by model year
Other 2006 BMW models
Newest record on this page: August 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted