NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 BMW X5 Recalls
The 2016 BMW X5 has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 13, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 BMW X5. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 74
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 BMW X5, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2016 BMW X5
Engine and engine cooling: cooling system: pump
- Campaign
- 24V608000
- Reported
- August 13, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 720,796
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2018 X5, 9 other models
Fuel system, diesel
- Campaign
- 21V907000
- Reported
- November 19, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 50,404
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2017 X5, 3 other models
Fuel system, diesel: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 21V586000
- Reported
- July 29, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 11,216
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2018 X5, 3 other models
Engine and engine cooling: exhaust system: emission control: gas recirculation valve (egr valve)
- Campaign
- 18V755000
- Reported
- October 25, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 44,368
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2017 X5, 3 other models
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 16V919000
- Reported
- December 21, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 8
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2016 BMW X5
2016 BMW X5 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 74 owner complaints about the 2016 BMW X5, the newest on September 24, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (4%); owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 BMW X5, the component group named most often is the electrical system (31%), followed by the engine (19%) and the power train (18%).
1 of the 2016 BMW X5's 5 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2016 BMW X5 owners gave the mileage (32 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System23
- Engine14
- Unknown Or Other14
- Power Train13
- Fuel/Propulsion System9
- Engine And Engine Cooling7
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 13 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 10 | |
| 2025 | 10 | |
| 2026 | 8 |
Complaints about the 2016 BMW X5 peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 13. 22% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 BMW X5 drew 0.6× the complaints of the median BMW X5 year in the same window: 16th highest of the 18 ranked years.
That makes 2016 one of the three best-measured BMW X5 years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 74 complaints about the 2016 BMW X5 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
2016 BMW X5 crash tests and safety technology
NHTSA rated 2 versions of the 2016 BMW X5: SUV AWD and SUV RWD.
For the 2016 BMW X5, NHTSA lists electronic stability control as standard and no forward collision warning or lane departure warning. Forward collision warning became standard on the X5 with the 2021 model year, 5 years after this one. Among 58 other 2016 SUVs with NHTSA ratings on this site, 2% had forward collision warning as standard.
NHTSA puts the chance that the 2016 BMW X5 rolls over in a single-vehicle crash at 18.8% (4 stars). That is tied for the highest of the 13 X5 years NHTSA rated from 2004 on (15.9%–18.8%); the 2019 had the lowest, 15.9%. Of 58 other 2016 SUVs with NHTSA ratings on this site, 49 (84%) had a lower rollover risk; their median was 16.9%.
Photos: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, NHTSA test vehicle 10516, shown from static.nhtsa.gov. Ratings, rollover risk and technology of the 2016 BMW X5: NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings API, retrieved October 28, 2026; NHTSA terms of use. How the tests work
BMW X5 by model year
Other 2016 BMW models
Newest record on this page: September 24, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted