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BMW 525XI

Every BMW 525XI model year on file, 2006 to 2011. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years495 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years32006 to 2011
Recall campaigns3Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins119Summed across model years
By model year

The 2006 model year drew the most complaints, 28, 57% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

010203020062820072011
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Airbags leads the BMW 525XI complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Airbags
21
Electrical system
9
Engine and cooling
9
Brakes
6
Steering
5
Seats
4
Seat belts
3
Fuel system
1
Tires
1
Wheels
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each BMW 525XI model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

BMW 525XI by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2011Sedan10.05007
2007Sedan205.0481058
2006Sedan2814.3583054
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW 525XI

  • 19V-273 Apr 4, 2019
    Heater for the positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) valve may short circuit
    Engine and cooling · 185k vehicles
  • 17V-428 Jul 6, 2017
    Front passenger seat occupant detection mat that determines if, and how, the passenger frontal air bag should deploy in a crash may fatigue and…
    Airbags · 2,158 vehicles
  • 13V-564 Nov 12, 2013
    Front passenger seat occupant detection mat that determines if and how the passenger frontal air bag should deploy in a crash may fatigue and…
    Airbags · 77k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.