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BMW 5 Series: year-by-year record
Review the federal complaint, recall, crash-test, and fuel-economy record across 5 Series model years, then open a year for the supporting evidence.
| Year | Complaints | Per 100k | Recalls | Severity | Crash | Evidence note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025Still new | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | Not rated | Still new |
| 2023 | 8 | — | 1 | 63 | Not rated | No production count |
| 2022 | 14 | — | 0 | 100 | Not rated | No production count |
| 2021 | 26 | — | 0 | 15 | Not rated | No production count |
| 2020 | 13 | — | 0 | 108 | Not rated | No production count |
| 2019 | 37 | — | 0 | 57 | Not rated | No production count |
| 2018 | 78 | — | 0 | 22 | Not rated | No production count |
| 2016 | 82 | — | 0 | 21 | No production count | |
| 2012 | 0 | — | 0 | — | Not rated | No production count |
| 2011 | 0 | — | 1 | — | Not rated | No production count |
| 2010 | 174 | — | 2 | 20 | Not rated | No production count |
Raw totals and, when NHTSA production exposure is available, complaints per 100,000 produced. A zero means no owner reports in the current NHTSA data, not that the car is problem-free. Open a year to see what the evidence supports. Complaints build up over a car's life. Newer model years often look quieter because they have spent less time on the road. We mark them "still new" instead of treating them as better years.
2 model years show zero owner complaints in the current NHTSA data. That can reflect low reporting volume, not a clean bill of health: 2011, 2012.