Four problems related to equipment have been reported for the 2001 BMW X5. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
It caught on fire while it was parked engine was also off!.
Takata recall. My vehicles lock cylinder is stuck in the lock position. I had just bought this car recently and when I bought a new key the lock cylinder put the car into deadlock.
The airbag warning light on the instrument cluster turned on when I had a passenger in the front passenger seat of the vehicle. It would go off after a few start cycles with no passengers, but then come back on the next time a passenger was in the front passenger seat. I was able to read the codes which indirectly indicated a fault in the occupancy sensor mat in the front passenger seat. I replaced the sensor mat and related wiring interface and the warning light and errors have not returned. There are many owners groups that discuss the apparent high failure rate of these occupancy sensor mats and we have noted that more recent X5 models were recalled, but that earlier models were not. I suspect that the earlier models have the same - or a related - problem.
This is a safety complaint on the 2001 BMW X5. There are several defect, safety reports on the vehicle at this website.
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