25V837000
AIR BAGS:CRITICAL FASTENERS
An air bag that does not deploy properly can increase the risk of injury during a crash.
2026 BMW X5
2 safety recall campaigns, 16 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints16
Complaints citing a crash0
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 2 of 2
25V556000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD:CRITICAL FASTENERS
Water inside electrical components can lead to electronic function failures, such as a loss of headlights, increasing the risk of a crash. In addition, an electrical short-circuit may occur, increasing the risk of a fire while parked or driving.
What owners report most
- 6ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 3POWER TRAIN
- 2STRUCTURE:BODY
- 1SEAT BELTS
- 1BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS
- 1UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 1LANE DEPARTURE: BLIND SPOT DETECTION
- 1LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2026 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.