BMW M5 by model year

156 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the BMW M5 across 28 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
2000	5
2001	4
2002	7
2003	3
2006	55
2007	8
2008	12
2010	3
2013	16
2014	4
2015	4
2016	1
2018	12
2019	10
2020	4
2021	5
2022	1
2025	2

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG
2027				13 to 14
2026			1	13 to 14
2025	2		2	13 to 14
2023				17
2022	1			17
2021	5		1	17
2020	4		3	17
2019	10		3	17
2018	12		3	17
2016	1		2	16 to 17
2015	4		1	16 to 17
2014	4		1	16 to 17
2013	16		2	16 to 17
2010	3		2	13
2009			2	13
2008	12		2	13
2007	8		1	13
2006	55	Air bags (47%)	1	13
2003	3		1	15
2002	7		2	15
2001	4		3	15
2000	5		2	15
1995			1
1994			1
1993			1	14
1992			2	14
1991			3	13
1990			1