Safety Score
86
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2007 BMW 525i.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-06 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Unknown, the car shut down on me two time in a month. |
| 2022-10-17 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2007 BMW 525I. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V119000 (Engine and Eng… |
| 2022-08-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2007 BMW 525i. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 75-85 MPH, she smelled smoke c… |
| 2022-05-24 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2007 BMW 525I. The contact stated that the air bag warning light was illuminated. The dealer was not… |
| 2022-05-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2007 BMW 535I. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the passenger’s side air bag war… |
| 2022-03-02 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2007 BMW 525i. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 22V119000 (Engine and Eng… |
| 2021-09-09 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | I purchased said automobile from my neighbor for my son to drive. I figured it was a good car to buy because it was ser… |
| 2021-06-25 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2007 BMW 525i. The vehicle had previously been serviced by the dealer under an unknown NHTSA campaig… |
| 2020-08-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION GOES IN TO SAFE MODE SUDDENLY ON THE FREEWAY AT HIGH SPEED RANDOMLY AND SLOWS DOWN MAKING IT DANGEROUS SIT… |
| 2020-07-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | HEADLIGHT WIRING INSULATION ROT LEAD TO FAILED HIGH AND LOW BEAMS ON DRIVER SIDE AND INTERMITTENT FAILURES OF BOTH BEAM… |
| 2019-10-21 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THE NHTSA DATABASE IS SHOWING A RECALL FOR MY CAR HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED. HOWEVER I AM CURRENTLY IN SOUTH KOREA WITH M… |
| 2018-02-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2007 BMW 525I. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE RECALLED POSITIVE BATTERY CABLE CONNECTION. *AS *JS |
| 2017-10-30 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BMW 525I. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 17V683000 (ENGINE AND… |
| 2017-10-17 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY WARNING LIGHT "FAULT IN THE PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEM" ILLUMINATED WHEN I TURNED THE CAR ON. HAS NOT COME OFF. |
| 2017-09-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BMW 525I. UPON DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, AN UNKNOWN ODOR WAS DETECTED IN THE… |
| 2017-07-06 | STEERING | No | 0 | LIGHTS OF THE STEERING WHEEL ITS BEEN LOCK CAME OUT, THE CAR WAS PARK AND WAS READY TO GO TO WORK, BUT WHEN I TURNED ON… |
| 2017-04-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY BMW DRIVERS SEAT GET SO HOT IT FEELS LIKE IT'S ABOUT TO CATCH FIRE ( I DON'T HAVE HEATED SEATS } SOMETIMES IN MOTIO… |
| 2017-01-05 | STEERING | No | 0 | AT 51000 MILES A RED LIGHT WITH A STEERING WHEEL AND A PADLOCK APPEARED ON THE DASH. THE CAR STARTS AND STEERS OK WITH … |
| 2017-01-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | OVERHEATED, I HAVE SPENT OVER $3000 TO REPAIR THE OVERHEAT PROBLEM, IT KEEP COMING BACK |
| 2016-12-12 | STEERING | No | 0 | THE CAR WILL NOT START, A STEERING LOCK MALFUNCTION AND A ENGINE MALFUNCTION MESSAGE APPEAR. HAD BMW MECHANICS TRY TO R… |
| 2016-08-10 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BMW 525I. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, "PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEM" WAS DISPLAYED ACROSS T… |
| 2016-07-29 | STEERING | No | 0 | MY STEERING WHEEL IS LOCKED AND CAR CANNOT START. |
| 2016-07-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHEN I REALIZED A LIGHTBULB IN MY HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT I BOUGHT THE BULB ONLINE READY TO REPLACE IT. I REALIZED WHEN REP… |
| 2016-01-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WENT TO REPLACE MY FRONT HEADLAMP BULBS AFTER HEADLAMP FAILURE WHILE OPERATING MY VEHICLE AT NIGHT, ON A WINDING ROAD, … |
| 2015-10-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING MY 2007 BMW 525I ON A CITY STREET AND WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN THE BRAKES WERE NON EXISTEN… |
| 2015-10-04 | ENGINE | No | 0 | RETURNING HOME FROM A TRIP TO THE GROCERY, CAR RUNNING FINE, TURNED INTO MY DRIVEWAY, HEARD A NOISE , ENGINE STOPPED RU… |
| 2015-08-03 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | PASSENGER AIRBAG RESTRAINT FAILURE LIGHT CAME ON. I LOOKED ONLINE TO FIND THERE IS A RECALL FOR THIS MATTER ON YEAR, MA… |
| 2015-05-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 (NA) BMW 525I. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 1… |
| 2015-02-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE WIRES IN THE HEAD LIGHT ASSEMBLY ARE BRITTLE AND BREAK UPON JUST TOUCHING THEM. CAUSING DAY TIME RUNNING LIGHTS TO… |
| 2014-12-11 | STEERING | No | 0 | I HAVE A BMW 525I 2007, WHICH WAS A CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED VEHICLE BOUGHT FROM EAST BAY BMW. AROUND 71,000 MILES, THE '… |
| 2014-10-13 | STEERING | No | 0 | I GOT IN MY CAR TO GO HOME FROM WORK, AND A RED WARNING LIGHT CAME ON SAYING "STEERING WHEEL LOCK MALFUNCTION" I HAVE R… |
| 2014-08-14 | SEATS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BMW 525I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE ELECTRONIC SEAT CONTROL SWITCH WOUL… |
| 2014-08-08 | STEERING | No | 0 | ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS MY VEHICLE FAILED TO START BECAUSE THE STEERING WHEEL WAS LOCKED ACCORDING TO THE INDICATOR ON THE… |
| 2014-07-22 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | WE WOULD LIKE THE NHTSA TO BE AWARE THAT MYSELF AND A FEW COLLEAGUES OWN BMW AND HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE. BMW HAS P… |
| 2014-07-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BMW 525I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN T… |
| 2014-06-24 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | PASSENGER RESTRAINT FAILURE WARNING CAME UP ON MY 2007 525I. THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM ON PREVIOUS MODELS BUT AFTER TAKI… |
| 2014-05-19 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 525 BMW. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WITHOUT WARNING, THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD BECOME STIFF. THE V… |
| 2014-03-31 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BMW 525I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG FAILED. THE AIR BAG WARNING LI… |
| 2014-01-14 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BMW 525I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG INDICATOR ILLUMINATED IN THE… |
| 2014-01-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BMW 525I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 13V564000 (AI… |
| 2014-01-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BMW 525I. THE CONTACT STATED SHE RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V5640… |
| 2013-12-13 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I WANT TO EXPRESS MY DISAPPOINTMENT AT THE LACK OF URGENCY SHOWN BY BMW IN ADDRESSING MY CONCERNS WITH REGARDS TO THE R… |
| 2013-10-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION JERKS AND THE CAR GIVES A KICK WHEN THE CAR AUTOMATICALLY DOWNSHIFTS FROM 2 TO 1. THIS TYPICALLY HAPPENS … |
| 2013-08-27 | SEATS | No | 0 | 2007 BMW SEAT MAT SENSOR FOR ACTIVATION OF AIR BAG, FAILED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM HE EXPERIENCED, IS NOW TH… |
| 2013-07-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION JERKS WHEN VEHICLE IS ABOUT TO STOP, DOWNSHIFTING TRANSMISSION ISSUE FROM 2 TO 1 SPEED. *TR |
| 2013-06-10 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | STARTED THE ENGINE. PASSENGER SAT IN VEHICLE. THE PASSENGER RESTRAINT SYSTEM FAILURE LIGHT APPEARED ON SCREEN. I THO… |
| 2013-04-24 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | WARNING MESSAGE FOR PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG MALFUNCTION. TOOK TO DEALER AND TOLD IT WAS THE SEAT SENSOR. I DID NOT REPLA… |
| 2013-02-07 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BMW 525I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TA… |
| 2012-09-28 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BMW 525I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE EXITING A PARKING SPACE, THE PASSENGER RESTRAINT M… |
| 2012-08-26 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 BMW 525I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AT ENGINE STARTUP, THE STEERING LOCK WARNING LIGHT ILLUMI… |