GMC Canyon vs BMW X5

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	GMC Canyon	BMW X5
Complaints on file	1,957	4,578
Model years covered	2004–2026	2000–2026
Worst model year	2015	2021
Best model year	2025	2007
Crashes reported	62	190
Fires reported	35	236
Injuries reported	37	142
Deaths reported	0	7
Most complained-about part	Steering	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	6.8%	12.6%

GMC Canyon by year

103 146 81 61 68 35 9 20 30 401 355 91 72 22 20 14 43 106 258 13 9

04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 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

Steering 441 22.5%

Electrical System 268 13.7%

Lights 216 11.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 180 9.2%

Engine & Cooling 156 8.0%

Brakes 116 5.9%

Other & Unspecified 99 5.1%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 64 3.3%

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%