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BMW I5

Every BMW I5 model year on file, 2024 to 2025. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years285 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years22024 to 2025
Recall campaigns7Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins76Summed across model years
By model year

The 2024 model year drew the most complaints, 20, 71% of the model's total

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

051015202024202025
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Brakes leads the BMW I5 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Brakes
11
Driver assistance
8
Electrical system
8
Stability and traction control
5
Powertrain
3
Back-over prevention
2
Steering
2
Engine and cooling
2
Wheels
1
Airbags
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each BMW I5 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 I5 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2025Sedan837.52003024
2024Sedan2010.04007052
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW I5

  • 26V-422 Jul 1, 2026
    Integrated brake (IB) system may malfunction and result in a loss of power brake assist or cause the Antilock Brake (ABS) and Dynamic Stability…
    Stability and traction control · 428 vehicles
  • 25V-395 Jul 23, 2025
    Electric drive motor software may shut down the high-voltage system, causing a loss of drive power
    Electrical system · 71k vehicles
  • 24V-697 Sep 18, 2024
    Welds in the servomotor of the integrated brake control module may break, causing a loss of power brake assist and rear brake function
    Stability and traction control · 309 vehicles
  • 24V-135 Feb 23, 2024
    High-voltage battery module may contain insufficient weld seams, which can result in the battery overheating
    Electrical system · 4 vehicles
  • 24V-104 Feb 12, 2024
    Integrated brake (IB) system may malfunction and result in a loss of power brake assist or cause the Antilock Brake (ABS) and Dynamic Stability…
    Stability and traction control · 267k vehicles
  • 23V-885 Dec 22, 2023
    During vehicle start-up, the artificial sound generator control unit may experience a fault and fail to generate the external pedestrian warning sound
    Back-over prevention · 4,926 vehicles
  • 23V-700 Oct 18, 2023
    Ground connection to the steering wheel may not have been attached correctly, resulting in an inoperative hands-on detection system
    Electrical system · 12k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.