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.
2006 BMW M5
1 safety recall campaign, 54 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints54
Complaints citing a crash3
Complaints citing a fire0
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 1 of 1
What owners report most
- 23AIR BAGS
- 7SEAT BELTS
- 3ENGINE
- 3SEATS
- 3AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
- 3POWER TRAIN
- 2ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- 2ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2006 BMW M5s 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.