NHTSA Safety Recalls
2019 BMW X5 Recalls
The 2019 BMW X5 has 13 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 25, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2019 BMW X5. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 13
- Owner complaints
- 193
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2019 BMW X5, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
13 recalls on the 2019 BMW X5
Electrical system: starter assembly
- Campaign
- 25V644000
- Reported
- September 25, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 145,102
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2020 X5, 2 other models
Electrical system: starter assembly
- Campaign
- 24V576000
- Reported
- August 1, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 105,588
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2020 X5, 3 other models
Visibility: sun/moon roof assembly
- Campaign
- 22V267000
- Reported
- April 20, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 61,221
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 118, power windows and roof panels
- Same campaign
- also 2020–2022 X5, 2 other models
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 21V520000
- Reported
- July 8, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2019 BMW X5
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 21V096000
- Reported
- February 19, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 13,858
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2020–2021 X5, 11 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic
- Campaign
- 21V062000
- Reported
- February 10, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 893
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2020–2021 X5, 5 other models
Steering
- Campaign
- 20V434000
- Reported
- July 28, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2020 X5
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 19V684000
- Reported
- September 27, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 257,473
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2020 X5, 12 other models
Wheels: lugs/nuts/bolts/studs
- Campaign
- 19V541000
- Reported
- July 23, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Fuel system, other: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 19V513000
- Reported
- July 3, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 115
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Seats
- Campaign
- 19V096000
- Reported
- February 13, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 68
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2019 BMW X5
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 18V918000
- Reported
- December 19, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 11
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- only the 2019 BMW X5
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 18V732000
- Reported
- October 17, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 172
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2019 BMW X5
2019 BMW X5 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 193 owner complaints about the 2019 BMW X5, the newest on October 20, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (2%) and 1 a fire.
In complaints about the 2019 BMW X5, the component group named most often is the electrical system (37%), followed by the engine (27%) and the power train (10%).
3 of the 2019 BMW X5's 13 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2019 BMW X5 owners gave the mileage (49 complaints), the median was 19,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System72
- Engine52
- Unknown Or Other31
- Power Train19
- Steering18
- Service Brakes13
Complaints received, by year
| 2019 | 20 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 19 | |
| 2024 | 30 | |
| 2025 | 59 | |
| 2026 | 44 |
Complaints about the 2019 BMW X5 peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 59. 21% arrived between 2018 and 2022, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2019 vehicles, the 2019 BMW X5 drew 1.7× the complaints of the median BMW X5 year in the same window: 4th highest of the 18 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 193 complaints about the 2019 BMW X5 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
BMW X5 by model year
Other 2019 BMW models
Newest record on this page: October 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted