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BMW 740leYears to avoid, problems & recalls

NHTSA has 1 owner complaint and 2 safety recalls on record for the BMW 740le.

Years to avoidNoneBased on weighted complaintsBest years—Fewest complaints for their ageOwner complaints1Top: Service brakesSafety recalls22018–2020 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years.

Best & worst years

BMW 740le years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the 740le median. Tap a year for its full report.

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2020Not rated–/1000 complaints · 1 recall2019Not rated–/1000 complaints · 2 recalls2018Not rated–/1001 complaint · 1 recall
Complaints by system

Most common BMW 740le problems

All model years combined: 1 complaint grouped by the system owners reported.

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.
Complaints by system
SystemComplaintsCrash, fire or injury
Service brakes10
2 recalls

BMW 740le recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

96%Sensing system: camera19V-684 · 2019–2020 · Sep 27, 2019 · 257,473 vehicles98%Equipment: electrical18V-652 · 2018–2019 · Sep 20, 2018 · 3,501 vehicles
1 investigation

NHTSA investigations of the 740le

  1. Pedestrian alert soundsDP22005 · 2017–2019 · closed Aug 7, 2023
    Led to recall 22V-063