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2024 BMW X5 forward collision avoidance problems

16 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the forward collision avoidance on the 2024 BMW X511% of all complaints for this model year.

16
Forward Collision Avoidance complaints
11%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
2 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • Three weeks ago the instrument cluster indicated a failure of the front collision avoidance system and said to have the vehicle examined by the dealer. I dropped it off two weeks ago and have been informed that they're having trouble updating the instrument panel and other component software. Other…

    filed Dec 3, 2025

  • A car from the other side made an illegal left turn in front of me, and I braked very early, yet still slid into them. The car had been inspected at the time at the collision center, and had DTC codes from before repair and after repair, showing the Integrated Brake systems had failures before and…

    filed Sep 18, 2025

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Forward Collision Avoidance problems in other X5 years

YearReportsShare
2025 X5611%
2023 X527%
2022 X5915%
2021 X544%
2020 X522%
2019 X553%
2017 X511%
2016 X511%
2015 X521%
2013 X511%
X5 forward collision avoidance problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.