With 327 complaints, the 2008 BMW X5 racked up further of those than each different X5 model yr, based mostly totally on info from the NHTSA. It moreover had as a lot as 16 recollects, so it put in a poor effectivity in that aspect, too. Lastly, J.D. Power’s prime quality and reliability rating for the 2008 X5 was 73 out of 100, inserting it beneath all its essential opponents on the time.
By class, the most typical complaints pertained to airbags, the engine, the cooling system, the fuel system, and {the electrical} system. This X5 was implicated throughout the better Takata airbag debacle, whereby passenger airbag inflators would possibly explode over extended publicity to humidity and extreme temperatures. Of the 2008 X5′s 16 recollects (a very extreme amount for one model yr), seven have been related to airbag factors. Even now, in 2024, there could also be nonetheless an open investigation for this X5 related to Takata airbags.
Over 900,000 BMWs, along with this X5, have been recalled for a PCV valve heater which may overheat and lead to a fire, significantly on the three.0-liter fashions. In November 2023, one proprietor in Pennsylvania talked about their 2008 X5’s engine compartment burst into flames, and the auto was totaled whereas parked.
One different large recall (367,682 autos affected) for BMW was for an insulated bulkhead connector for the optimistic battery cable which will loosen, doubtlessly inflicting overheating and a fire.
