2007 BMW Z4 problems
NHTSA has received 42 complaints about the 2007 BMW Z4, and 26% of them involve steering. Next are engine (24%) and air bags (14%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 42 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Steering 26% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 51,000 miles 35 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 8 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 5 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 9 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 7 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 35 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 51,000 miles. For steering specifically, the median reported mileage is about 37,000 miles (10 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 5 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 3 injuries reported; 1 death reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 89% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2007 ranks 7th most-complained-about out of 8 model years of the BMW Z4 with enough data (13 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Case number [xxx] from fars 2012 database. Car ran off right side of roadway while negotiating curve in road and hit a tree. Sole-occupant driver perished in subsequent fire. Six months before accident, victim reported that car "occasionally pops and/or squeaks when cornering" in request for service appointment with stevens creek BMW. Pls note that lat/long in fars contradicts report that accident occurred on central expwy eastbound immediately east of bernardo ave.
The wiring harness under the dash spontaneously ignited while I was driving. The fire was put out with a fire extinguisher, but re-ignited two more times. It didn't stop re-igniting until the battery wires were disconnected from the battery terminals. Police and the fire dept were called.
2007 BMW z4. Consumer writes in regards wife's impreza vehicle accident. Claims of "inadvertent airbag deployment" caused by applying brakes in another consumers BMW x3 that was involved in accident. *smd the consumer was concerned about the bmws' airbags being able to deploy inadvertently.
2007 BMW z4, power steering went out while driving, making car hard to steer. Car is still under warranty, dealer is going to fix it. According to internet, lots of other people have had similar problems with this model...
I've lost control of my steering in grave circumstances and the wheel sticks, where it reaches a point where I cannot control the vehicle whatsoever. The vehicle barely has 47,000 miles on it. While driving 30MPH last fall, the steering wheel began to stick and I could not steer the vehicle. I had to apply a great deal of force to get the steering to respond.