NHTSA Safety Recalls
BMW 525i Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 4 recall campaigns for the BMW 525i, across 1 model year from 2001 to 2001.
- Model years
- 1
- Recall campaigns
- 4
- Most recalls
- 2001
- Owner complaints
- 353
2001–2001, with a recall
4 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 353 complaints with NHTSA about the BMW 525i across 9 model years; the most, 84, concern the 2004.
Owners marked a crash on 8 of the BMW 525i complaints (2%) and a fire on 37.
Across all BMW 525i model years, owners name the air bags most often (at least 147 complaints), then the electrical system (66).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the BMW 525i in 2014: 40, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the BMW 525i is engine and engine cooling: cooling system: fan, in 2 model-year listings.
The newest BMW 525i recall, 19V015000, was reported on January 14, 2019 and concerns the air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module.
BMW 525i years to avoid
Too few BMW 525i model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 2 of the 5 needed.
The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method
Recalls and complaints by model year
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | First years | vs median year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 0 | not ranked |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 0 | not ranked |
| 2007 | 0 | 72 | 7 | not ranked |
| 2006 | 0 | 77 | 0 | not ranked |
| 2005 | 0 | 35 | 1 | not ranked |
| 2004 | 0 | 84 | 11 | not ranked |
| 2003 | 0 | 32 | 7 | not ranked |
| 2002 | 0 | 29 | 10 | not ranked |
| 2001 | 4 | 22 | 5 | not ranked |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.BMW 525i years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the BMW 525i
- ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN2
- AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE1
- AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE1
BMW 525i model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every BMW 525i recall campaign (4)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19V015000January 14, 2019 | air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module | 2001 | injury and deathdo not drive | 157,549 |
| 03V421000October 24, 2003 | air bags: frontal: sensor/control module-inactive | 2001 | injury | 23,000 |
| 02V138000May 16, 2002 | engine and engine cooling: cooling system: fan | 2001 | fire | 1,550 |
| 01V206000June 21, 2001 | engine and engine cooling: cooling system: fan | 2001 | fire | 76,469 |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the BMW 525i. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: October 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted