NHTSA Safety Recalls
BMW 550xi Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 1 recall campaign for the BMW 550xi, across 1 model year from 2013 to 2013.
- Model years
- 1
- Recall campaigns
- 1
- Most recalls
- 2013
- Owner complaints
- 9
2013–2013, with a recall
1 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 9 complaints with NHTSA about the BMW 550xi across 2 model years; the most, 7, concern the 2013.
Across all BMW 550xi model years, owners name the engine most often (at least 2 complaints), then the fuel/propulsion system (2).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the BMW 550xi in 2018: 4, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the BMW 550xi is exterior lighting, in 1 model-year listing.
The newest BMW 550xi recall, 15V188000, was reported on March 31, 2015 and concerns the exterior lighting.
BMW 550xi years to avoid
Too few BMW 550xi model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 | not ranked |
| 2013 | 1 | 7 | 0 | not ranked |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.BMW 550xi years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the BMW 550xi
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING1
BMW 550xi model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every BMW 550xi recall campaign (1)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15V188000March 31, 2015 | exterior lighting | 2013 | crash | 13,443 |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the BMW 550xi. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: June 2, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted