2015 BMW X5
Complaints about this year name egr far more often than the other years of this generation — 11% of them, about 5× the usual rate of 2.2%.
Generation 2 of the BMW X5, which began in 2014 and ran to 2018. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
| Complaints filed | 596 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 143 |
| Involving a crash | 24 |
| Involving a fire | 24 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| EPA combined | 21.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- injector — 6.7% of this year's complaints, against 0% across the other years of this generation (33.6×). Owners wrote it as: injector, adaptation, filtered.
- issued — 6% of this year's complaints, against 2.1% across the other years of this generation (2.9×). Owners wrote it as: issued, solution, recall issued, unacceptable.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- injector — 7% of complaints, 17× usual
- check engine — 13% of complaints, 3× usual
- injectors — 9% of complaints, 6× usual
What owners wrote
while driving approximately 45 MPH, the check engine warning light illuminated. The contact stated used a scanner to diagnose the vehicle and determined that injectors #1 and #5 needed to be replaced. The vehicle was taken to a local deal where all 6- injector…
MY VEHICLE HAS A FAULTY INJECTOR, SHORTLY AFTER GOT ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION TO FIX THE EXHAUST GAS NOX SENSOR, THIS ALL HAPPENED WITHIN THE RECALL I RECEIVED FOR ENGINE, ENGINE COOLING : EXHAUST SYSTEM: EMISSION CONTROL: GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE ( EGR VALVE ) DI…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 18V755000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 21V907000 FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL Fixed free of charge.
- 21V586000 FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL Fixed free of charge.
- 16V683000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 14V650000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
- 15V147000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the BMW X5 was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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