BMW M5 owners have reported 4 service brakes related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 4 most common service brakes problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's service brakes (1 problem). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's brake abs warning light (1 problem). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.
| Problem Category | Number of Problems |
|---|---|
| Service Brakes problems | |
| Brake Abs Warning Light problems | |
| Brake Electric Antilock problems | |
| Brake Light On problems |
The cars brakes keep screeching loud. I reached out to BMW and they stated that the brakes keep screeching because this car is a performance vehicle but someone who works at BMW told me that its not true and that BMW made a mistake when building the car and that I am not the first customer to Read details...
While driving my BMW M5, the vehicle became momentarily unstable while driving on state route 52 between walker valley and ellenville around a turn @ ~50mph. Shortly after the abs and dsc lights became illuminated. Read details...
Possible brake and / or "dynamic stability control" failure resulted in impact with utility pole with rupture of fuel tank and resultant fire and fatality. Read details...
The vehicle mentioned above caught on fire when I was driving home from work on a snowy evening. The trip to my house is around 7 miles and after about 6 miles, I parked along the street as I saw smoke coming from the vehicle and brake warning lights were being displayed. Read details...