BMW X5 vs Chevrolet Blazer

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	BMW X5	Chevrolet Blazer
Complaints on file	4,530	11,236
Model years covered	2000–2026	1973–2026
Worst model year	2021	1996
Best model year	2007	2005
Crashes reported	189	1,104
Fires reported	234	258
Injuries reported	142	569
Deaths reported	7	36
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Brakes
Share of complaints involving harm	12.6%	17.5%

BMW X5 by year

37 215 136 134 93 109 221 119 319 203 190 395 374 215 130 199 110 111 100 267 151 158 111 48 250 105 30

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 902 19.9%

Airbags 628 13.9%

Electrical System 538 11.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 426 9.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 400 8.8%

Brakes 308 6.8%

Other & Unspecified 275 6.1%

Steering 136 3.0%

Chevrolet Blazer by year

1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 8 10 35 21 38 45 47 42 267 337 616 774 1,707 1,579 1,098 1,025 612 885 464 301 103 67 18 20 11 5 290 354 198 76 63 68 40 1

73 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Brakes 2,978 26.5%

Engine & Cooling 1,165 10.4%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 995 8.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 855 7.6%

Electrical System 832 7.4%

Suspension 717 6.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 638 5.7%

Lights 425 3.8%