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	4,578	11,268
Model years covered	2000–2026	1973–2026
Worst model year	2021	1996
Best model year	2007	2005
Crashes reported	190	1,106
Fires reported	236	258
Injuries reported	142	571
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 93 109 221 119 319 203 190 395 374 215 130 203 113 111 101 274 159 166 118 48 253 107 35

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 914 20.0%

Airbags 628 13.7%

Electrical System 546 11.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 433 9.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 403 8.8%

Brakes 309 6.7%

Other & Unspecified 279 6.1%

Steering 138 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 5 296 357 202 81 66 71 48 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 2,982 26.5%

Engine & Cooling 1,169 10.4%

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 995 8.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 858 7.6%

Electrical System 837 7.4%

Suspension 717 6.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 639 5.7%

Lights 425 3.8%