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BMW 740Li Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 3 recall campaigns for the BMW 740Li, across 5 model years from 2012 to 2016. The 2016 has the most (1); the fewest among years with a recall is 2016 (1).

Model years
5

2012–2016, with a recall

Recall campaigns
3
Most recalls
2016

1 recalls

Owner complaints
32

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 32 complaints with NHTSA about the BMW 740Li across 7 model years; the most, 11, concern the 2011.

Owners marked a crash on 2 of the BMW 740Li complaints (6%) and a fire on 2.

Across all BMW 740Li model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 7 complaints), then the engine (7).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the BMW 740Li in 2017: 5, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the BMW 740Li is exterior lighting, in 3 model-year listings.

The newest BMW 740Li recall, 17V379000, was reported on June 14, 2017 and concerns the exterior lighting.

BMW 740Li years to avoid

Too few BMW 740Li model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 0 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the BMW 740Li, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2022042not ranked
2016111not ranked
2015110not ranked
2014133not ranked
2013175not ranked
2012150not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.BMW 740Li years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the BMW 740Li

  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING3
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE-INACTIVE1
  • POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT1

BMW 740Li model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every BMW 740Li recall campaign (3)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the BMW 740Li, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
17V379000June 14, 2017exterior lighting2013–2015crash92
17V067000February 2, 2017power train: driveline: constant velocity joint2012crash8,752
16V173000March 25, 2016air bags: frontal: sensor/control module-inactive2016crash and injury6,110

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the BMW 740Li. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

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Newest record on this page: March 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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