BMW 525It
Owners filed 1 complaints across 5 model years of the BMW 525It. The 1995 drew the most (1); the 2001 the fewest (0).
Model years5
Complaints1
Recalls11
Fires0
Deaths0
Which BMW 525It years should you avoid?
On raw complaint volume the 1995 is the weakest year on record, with 1 complaints concentrated in the air bags › frontal. It carries 1 recall.
Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, September 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.