NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 BMW X7 Recalls
The 2020 BMW X7 has 12 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 25, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 BMW X7. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 12
- Owner complaints
- 56
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
On a 2020 BMW X7, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
12 recalls on the 2020 BMW X7
Electrical system: starter assembly
- Campaign
- 25V644000
- Reported
- September 25, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 145,102
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2019 X7, 2 other models
Electrical system: starter assembly
- Campaign
- 24V576000
- Reported
- August 1, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 105,588
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2019 X7, 3 other models
Seats
- Campaign
- 22V670000
- Reported
- September 7, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 246
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2019, 2021–2022 X7
Visibility: sun/moon roof assembly
- Campaign
- 22V267000
- Reported
- April 20, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 61,221
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 118, power windows and roof panels
- Same campaign
- also 2019, 2021–2023 X7, 2 other models
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 21V096000
- Reported
- February 19, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 13,858
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2019, 2021 X7, 11 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic
- Campaign
- 21V062000
- Reported
- February 10, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 893
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2019, 2021 X7, 5 other models
Suspension: front: control arm
- Campaign
- 20V678000
- Reported
- November 4, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 83
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 20V528000
- Reported
- September 1, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 307
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- also 2021 X7, 2 other models
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 20V465000
- Reported
- August 7, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 21
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 20V052000
- Reported
- January 30, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 683
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- only the 2020 BMW X7
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 19V684000
- Reported
- September 27, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 257,473
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2019 X7, 12 other models
Steering: rack and pinion: rack
- Campaign
- 19V631000
- Reported
- August 28, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 12
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2020 BMW X7 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 56 owner complaints about the 2020 BMW X7, the newest on October 22, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (4%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2020 BMW X7, the component group named most often is the power train (29%), followed by the engine (23%) and the electrical system (21%).
1 of the 2020 BMW X7's 12 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2020 BMW X7 owners gave the mileage (14 complaints), the median was 42,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train16
- Engine13
- Electrical System12
- Unknown Or Other11
- Seats5
- Steering5
Complaints received, by year
| 2019 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 8 | |
| 2025 | 18 | |
| 2026 | 18 |
Complaints about the 2020 BMW X7 peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 18. 21% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
The 56 complaints about the 2020 BMW X7 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
BMW X7 by model year
Other 2020 BMW models
Newest record on this page: October 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted