Every gasoline X5 model year from 2004 to 2025, scored on reported failures weighted against how many were sold — and ranked against every other Large SUV of the same year.
Scored separately as its own vehicle: X5 Plug-In Hybrid (2016–2025).
Across 22 scored model years the X5 needs fixing more often than its class, but when it does, repairs cost about what you would expect. The spread between years is what matters: 2023 is its strongest, 2024 its weakest.
Longer bar is better. Rank is against every Large SUV sold that same model year.
| Year | Relative standing | Class rank | Pctl | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | #7 /27 | 77th | ||
| 2005 | #12 /28 | 59th | ||
| 2006 | #21 /29 | 29th | ||
| 2007 | #18 /31 | 43th | ||
| 2008 | #26 /32 | 19th | ||
| 2009 | #28 /34 | 18th | ||
| 2010 | #25 /29 | 14th | ||
| 2011 | #29 /32 | 10th | ||
| 2012 | #27 /29 | 7th | ||
| 2013 | #23 /27 | 15th | ||
| 2014 | #18 /29 | 39th | ||
| 2015 | #19 /29 | 36th | ||
| 2016 | #11 /30 | 66th | ||
| 2017 | #10 /31 | 70th | ||
| 2018 | #15 /27 | 46th | ||
| 2019 | #25 /32 | 23th | ||
| 2020 | #22 /35 | 38th | ||
| 2021 | #15 /33 | 56th | ||
| 2022 | #12 /35 | 68th | ||
| 2023 | #7 /38 | 84th | Best year | |
| 2024 | #36 /38 | 5th | Avoid | |
| 2025 | #35 /42 | 17th |
The line has moved around across 22 model years, with its weakest stretch in 2007–2014. Recent years have been slipping. This 2025 car falls in a weak stretch.
All 12 systems, measured against the class average for each model year.
Every X5 model year is scored across 12 separate systems — engine, transmission, brakes, electrical, steering and suspension, structure, interior, and five more. Each system is compared against how often that same system fails on the average Large SUV of the same year, so a common failure is judged against how common it is everywhere else.
Across the last three model years (2023–2025), the trouble concentrates in one place: braking system. That system draws issue reports more often than the same system on the average Large SUV of its year — which changes what you should be inspecting before you buy.
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Your X5 is plotted against 42 rivals from 2025.
Look up your X5 →Your X5 is scored the same way, for every model year.
Look up your X5 →2023 is the strongest X5 model year on record, ranking #7 of 38 Large SUVs that year.
2024 is the weakest year in the model's history, ranking #36 of 38.
The 2025 X5 ranks #35 of 42 Large SUVs — the lower half of its class.
Failure reports filed with NHTSA — submitted by vehicle owners and repair shops alike — weighted against US sales volumes so a high-volume model is not penalised for selling well, then benchmarked within segment and model year.
All 12 systems scored, the whole class plotted, and a downloadable Full Model Report for any year — 6,000+ vehicles in the dashboard.
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