BMW 7 Series by model year

174 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the BMW 7 Series across 11 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
2002	5
2003	11
2004	35
2005	7
2006	42
2007	18
2008	16
2009	17
2010	2
2011	3
2012	4

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls
2012	4		1
2011	3		1
2010	2		2
2009	17		2
2008	16		1
2007	18		1
2006	42	Engine (19%)	2
2005	7		1
2004	35	Brakes (17%)	4
2003	11		2
2002	5		1