Like most German luxury brands, BMWs aren’t the cheapest to own. The X5 SUV in particular racks up quite a cost over time. BMW’s first-ever SUV launched in 1999 after they acquired the Rover Group, including Land Rover and others. Today, the X5 remains one of BMW’s most popular SUVs on sale, accounting for over 17,000 sales in America in the first quarter of this year—the runner-up was the 4 Series, with just under 12k sold in Q1 2025. However, is it really worth the BMW X5’s maintenance cost? In this article, we dive into true X5 ownership, and discover how much BMW X5 repair costs actually are.
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