2008 Model Year

BMW 5 Series

NHTSA Complaints & Reliability Data

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Complaints
432
Recalls
0
Crashes
4
Severe
43

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Latest owner reports

Exterior Lighting
Sep 2025

The daylight lamps fall apart causing poor lighting at night and continuous alarms while driving. Also, impacting the quality of light and lack of lig...

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE
Sep 2025

Vehicle abruptly shut off while reversing out of my driveway. Vehicle restarted after a long crank and appeared to enter a reduced power mode/limp mo...

ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
May 2025

My vehicle had a faulty PCV valve that was under "Stop Drive," order. I received no correspondence from the NHTSA nor from BMW of North America in re...

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING
Jan 2025

After purchasing this vehicle from my aunt and uncle my one headlight when bad after purchasing the headlights I replaced both the right and left one...

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE Fire
Nov 2024

I bought a 2008 528i July 2024. Got Emissions & Tag at the end of August. Oct 5 2024. My car was on Fire. Drove the car 11 mins got out for a few mins...

POWER TRAIN,ENGINE
Aug 2024

Car is over heating. Replace water pump and thermostat. Car still over heating. Bad water pumps.

Air Bags
Jun 2024

My BMW i528 was parked on May 23, 2024, and the driver airbag deflated without being tampered with. The incident is on surveillance camera. Since the...

Exterior Lighting
May 2024

the taillight, blinker and reverse light all went out and when I pulled the components out To check to see if the bulbs are burnt all of the bulbs are...

Exterior Lighting
Oct 2023

The daytime running lights aka Angel Eyes wiring is sub-standard. The plastic coating on the wires for the daytime running lights/Angel Eyes has melte...

Engine
Sep 2023

The contact owns a 2008 BMW.The contact stated that he was getting ready to drive the vehicle, however when he started the vehicle, the ABS and check...

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Summary

The 2008 BMW 5 Series has 432 complaints and 0 recalls on record. The most commonly reported issue is Engine. 4 crash-related incidents have been reported.

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