12V126000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
OVERHEATING COULD LEAD TO A FIRE, EVEN WHILE THE VEHICLE IS NOT IN USE. AS A PRECAUTION, OWNERS ARE ADVISED TO PARK OUTSIDE UNTIL THE REMEDY HAS BEEN MADE.
2005 BMW 5 SERIES
2 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations, 26 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints26
Complaints citing a crash4
Complaints citing a fire1
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 2 of 2
10V446000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM
POWER ASSIST BRAKING PERFORMANCE COULD BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED. IN EXTREME CASES THERE COULD BE A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER ASSIST BRAKING. AN UNEXPECTED REDUCTION OR LOSS IN POWER BRAKING ASSIST MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF A CRASH.
What owners report most
- 8AIR BAGS
- 4ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 2SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM
- 2AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
- 2POWER TRAIN
- 1STEERING
- 1SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
- 1TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2005 BMW 5 SERIESs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.