24V527000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants, increasing the risk of injury or death.
2014 BMW X5
8 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations (2 open), 130 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns8
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations22 open
Owner complaints130
Complaints citing a crash4
Complaints citing a fire15
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 6 of 8
23V797000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants, resulting in serious injury or death.
21V907000
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
A melting intake manifold increases the risk of a fire.
21V586000
FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
Fuel pump failure can cause an engine stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.
18V755000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE)
The melting intake manifold can increase the risk of a fire.
16V683000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, the inflator housing could separate from the base plate and result in metal striking the vehicle occupants, potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
What owners report most
- 20FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 16ENGINE
- 15STRUCTURE:BODY
- 15ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 11POWER TRAIN
- 11FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL
- 8UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 6AIR BAGS
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2014 BMW X5s 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.