2021 BMW X5 Service Brakes Problems
4 NHTSA complaints on file
Service Brakes Issues in the 2021 BMW X5
4 service brakes complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2021 BMW X5. Of these, 1 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.
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Complaints
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Crashes
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Fires
0
Injuries
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Deaths
All Service Brakes Complaints
Formally reporting a serious and recurring safety issue with my 2021 BMW X5. Over the past five months, I experienced three separate incidents where the vehicle abruptly stopped while driving, each time displaying a red car warning light on the dashboard. The red malfunction symbol was similar to the below image (found online) Description of the Issue: Each of these terrifying safety experiences occurred while the vehicle was in motion—all on surface streets—the car suddenly came to a jarring and immediate stop on its own without my input or applying the brakes. There were no cars close to or in front of me or debris in the road that would require the car to stop to avoid impact. The red car icon appeared on the dashboard (commonly associated with collision warning or automatic emergency braking systems). The abrupt stop caused my seatbelt to constrict, jarring of my neck and ongoing...
Good Morning, I was driving down the road at around 60 mph in my car. Abruptly my car had simultaneous warning lights about 12 of them. More importantly, I lost my power steering and brake by wire putting all of our lives at risk. The speedometer , air bags, restraint systems all failed and went out. The car wouldn't turn off on the side of the road and after about 5 minutes I was able to get it off and called BmW assist for a tow. Since it was night and raining I and waiting for a tow truck was dangerous I attempted to restart my car and get successfully got it to the nearest exit. All the warning lights were off. About 15 minutes later on the limp home the same thing happened with all the fault codes so my family decided to Uber home. I took the car...
Car was parked in fairly level spot with engine off, gear selector in park position, , key fob not near vehicle. Approx 30 minutes later, I returned to find vehicle approx 30 feet behind parking spot, having apparently drifted into another car in parking lot. No idea how car moved. I believe some electronic release of parking selector allowed car to roll.
On 6/8/2021, when pulling out of my driveway approximately 9:00 am, I experienced the car switching from Hybrid mode to Sport mode without me engaging the Sport mode control. The following day (6/9/2021), after a day of primarily interstate driving (over 200 miles), while stopping at a red light, I felt the brake pedal fall to the floor faster than I was applying pressure and I came to a sudden stop. The brakes had seized and the car was towed to Thompson BMW. The tow driver was able to release the brakes by pulling up the brake pedal. Thompson BMW could not recreate the brake failure but their diagnostics indicated brake failure. BMW NA was called as my car was less than 6 months old with 9724 miles. The service advisor told me that they were instructed to replace the Master Cylinder but could not tell me why brakes failed....
Other 2021 BMW X5 Problem Areas
Electrical System
25 complaints
Power Train
19 complaints
Engine
17 complaints
Unknown Or Other
16 complaints
Air Bags
6 complaints
Back Over Prevention Rearview System Braking
5 complaints
Engine And Engine Cooling
5 complaints
Structurebody
4 complaints
Forward Collision Avoidance Warnings
3 complaints
Fuelpropulsion System
3 complaints
Seat Belts
3 complaints
Vehicle Speed Control
3 complaints
Back Over Prevention Warnings
2 complaints
Forward Collision Avoidance Automatic Emergency Braking
2 complaints
Steering
2 complaints
Visibilitywiper
2 complaints
Back Over Prevention
1 complaint
Electrical System12v24v48v Battery
1 complaint
Electrical Systemstarter Assembly
1 complaint
Exterior Lighting
1 complaint
Lane Departure Blind Spot Detection
1 complaint
Lane Departure Warning
1 complaint
Power Traindrivelinedifferential Unit
1 complaint
Seats
1 complaint
Service Brakes Hydraulicfoundation Componentsmaster Cylinder
1 complaint
Suspension
1 complaint
Vehicle Speed Controlaccelerator Pedal
1 complaint