NHTSA Safety Recalls
2025 BMW X5 Recalls
The 2025 BMW X5 has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 1, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2025 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
- 63
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2025 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 2025 BMW X5
Service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: electric: control module
- Campaign
- 26V422000
- Reported
- July 1, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 428
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2024 X5, 10 other models
Electronic stability control (esc): control module
- Campaign
- 24V697000
- Reported
- September 18, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 309
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2024 X5, 10 other models
Seat belts: front
- Campaign
- 24V345000
- Reported
- May 15, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,256
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 24V327000
- Reported
- May 10, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 703
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 2024 X5
Electronic stability control (esc)
- Campaign
- 24V104000
- Reported
- February 12, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 266,716
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2024 X5, 10 other models
2025 BMW X5 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 63 owner complaints about the 2025 BMW X5, the newest on October 14, 2026. Of these, 9 describe a crash (14%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2025 BMW X5, the component group named most often is the electronic stability control (esc) (29%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (27%) and the service brakes (21%).
2 of the 2025 BMW X5's 5 recalls also concern the electronic stability control (esc).
Component groups named in complaints
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)18
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic17
- Service Brakes13
- Electrical System8
- Forward Collision Avoidance8
- Power Train7
Complaints received, by year
| 2024 | 12 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | |
| 2026 | 16 |
Complaints about the 2025 BMW X5 peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 35.
The 2025 is too new to rank against other BMW X5 years: its window closes at the end of 2028.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 63 complaints about the 2025 BMW X5 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
2025 BMW X5 crash tests and safety technology
NHTSA rated 2 versions of the 2025 BMW X5: SUV AWD and SUV RWD.
For the 2025 BMW X5, NHTSA lists electronic stability control as standard and no forward collision warning or lane departure warning. Among 63 other 2025 SUVs with NHTSA ratings on this site, 94% had forward collision warning as standard.
NHTSA puts the chance that the 2025 BMW X5 rolls over in a single-vehicle crash at 15.9% (4 stars). That is tied for the lowest of the 13 X5 years NHTSA rated from 2004 on (15.9%–18.8%). Of 79 other 2025 SUVs with NHTSA ratings on this site, 45 (57%) had a lower rollover risk; their median was 15.5%.
Photos: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program, NHTSA test vehicle 20089, shown from static.nhtsa.gov. Ratings, rollover risk and technology of the 2025 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 2025 BMW models
Newest record on this page: October 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted