ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:CONNECTORS/PLUGS/RECEPTACLES
An electrical short increases the risk of a fire.
6 safety recall campaigns, 3 defect investigations (2 open), 111 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
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.
An electrical short increases the risk of a fire.
A melting intake manifold increases the risk of a fire.
Fuel pump failure can cause an engine stall while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.
The melting intake manifold can increase the risk of a fire.
The incorrect tire size on the label does not comply with FMVSS number 110.
If the inflator cannot vent properly, the inflator may rupture, resulting in metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants and causing serious injury or death.
Two 2017 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.