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BMW L7

Every BMW L7 model year on file, 1985 to 1987. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years10 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years31985 to 1987

Recall campaigns1Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins0Summed across model years

By model year

The 1986 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% 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

Powertrain leads the BMW L7 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Powertrain

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each BMW L7 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 L7 by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations
1987	Not decoded	0	None	None	1	1
1986	Sedan	1	0.0	14	1	1
1985	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	2

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

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW L7

86V-151 Nov 10, 1986
Brake light switch could overheat, eventually leading to melting of plastic internal parts in area of electrical contacts
Lighting · 97k vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.