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BMW 750IL

Every BMW 750IL model year on file, 1990 to 2001. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years283 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years121990 to 2001

Recall campaigns10Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins81Summed across model years

By model year

The 1998 model year drew the most complaints, 6, 21% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Visibility and wipers leads the BMW 750IL complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Visibility and wipers

Fuel system

Suspension

Brakes

Airbags

Electrical system

Engine and cooling

Seats

Speed control

Steering

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each BMW 750IL model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

BMW 750IL by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2001	Sedan	4	0.0	18	4	8
2000	Sedan	2	0.0	6	2	10
1999	Sedan	3	0.0	14	1	6
1998	Sedan	6	16.7	25	1	13
1997	Sedan	2	0.0	11	3	17
1996	Sedan	1	0.0	5	3	8
1995	Sedan	3	0.0	16	4	8
1994	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	3
1993	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	2
1992	Sedan	4	25.0	22	1	2
1991	Sedan	1	0.0	5	1	2
1990	Sedan	2	50.0	20	0	2

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW 750IL

13V-063 Feb 26, 2013
US Specs is recalling one 2002 Porsche Carrera, one 1997 BMW 750IL, and two 1986 BMW 635 CSI vehicles for failing to conform to Federal Motor…
Equipment · 4 vehicles
10E-021 May 27, 2010
Shaft of the steering center tie rod may shear off
Steering · 150 vehicles
02V-138 May 16, 2002
On certain passenger vehicles, the engine auxiliary/cooling fan operation, including variable speed, is electronically controlled
Engine and cooling · 1,550 vehicles
01V-206 Jun 21, 2001
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
Engine and cooling · 76k vehicles
01V-001 Jan 4, 2001
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles equipped with 18-inch tires
Tires · 3,167 vehicles
00V-048 Feb 17, 2000
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
Lighting · 18k vehicles
97V-140 Aug 22, 1997
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
Suspension · 29k vehicles
96V-110 Jul 1, 1996
Air bag contact ring locking tab located in the steering wheel assembly can break without warning
Airbags · 75k vehicles
95V-238 Dec 11, 1995
Fuel seepage can occur between a hose and the metal fuel line on either end of the hose resulting in fuel odor
Fuel system · 18k vehicles
95V-192 Oct 11, 1995
Lower suspension arm mounting eye on the right side rear axle hub carrier was produced with a casting flaw
Suspension · 3,000 vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.