BMW 5 Series Recalls & Problems by Year

Owner complaints by model year

Recalls by model year

The red bar marks the 2006 model, the year owners complained about most. Hover a bar for the exact number; the table below lists every year.

Year	Recalls	Owner complaints	Crashes	Safety rating
2023 BMW 5 Series	1	0	0	n/a
2012 BMW 5 Series	0	10	0	n/a
2011 BMW 5 Series	4	81	2	n/a
2010 BMW 5 Series	5	6	0	n/a
2009 BMW 5 Series	3	4	0	n/a
2008 BMW 5 Series	3	7	0	n/a
2007 BMW 5 Series	3	13	0	n/a
2006 BMW 5 Series	7	85	4	n/a
2005 BMW 5 Series	4	21	2	n/a
2004 BMW 5 Series	6	64	1	n/a
2003 BMW 5 Series	0	6	1	n/a
2002 BMW 5 Series	0	7	1	n/a
2001 BMW 5 Series	0	3	0	n/a
2000 BMW 5 Series	0	2	0	n/a
1999 BMW 5 Series	0	2	0	n/a
1997 BMW 5 Series	1	1	0	n/a
1996 BMW 5 Series	1	0	0	n/a
1995 BMW 5 Series	0	3	1	n/a

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