FaultScore

Worst years for a BMW X7

Owners have filed 476 complaints about the BMW X7 with NHTSA across model years 2019 to 2026. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

2020 BMW X7

79 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.

Cleanest on record

2022 BMW X7

29 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every BMW X7 year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2026 6 0 0 Transmission & Drivetrain
2025 C 46 4 0 Brakes
2024 D 111 4 0 10,000 Brakes
2023 C 70 4 0 5,729 Brakes
2022 A 29 0 1 Other & Unspecified
2021 C 66 0 3 Engine & Cooling
2020 D 79 6 3 14,191 Engine & Cooling
2019 B 69 1 0 54,000 Electrical System

What breaks on a BMW X7

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Brakes 91 19.1%

Worst in 2024

Worst in 2019

Worst in 2024

Engine & Cooling 52 10.9%

Worst in 2019

Worst in 2024

Worst in 2020

Worst in 2020

Seats 19 4.0%

Worst in 2020

Steering 16 3.4%

Worst in 2021

Fuel & Propulsion 9 1.9%

Worst in 2020

Body & Structure 8 1.7%

Worst in 2020

Lights 7 1.5%

Worst in 2025

Suspension 6 1.3%

Worst in 2020

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 6 1.3%

Worst in 2023

Exactly what failed on a BMW X7

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Automatic Emergency Braking 19 31.7%
Rearview System Braking 8 13.3%
Warnings 7 11.7%
Body 6 10.0%
Warnings 5 8.3%
Adaptive Cruise Control 5 8.3%
Assist 4 6.7%
Electronic Lock/Latch Actuator 2 3.3%
Warning 2 3.3%
Blind Spot Detection 2 3.3%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every BMW X7, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Apr 2019 peak 55 Aug 2026

BMW X7 problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the BMW X7

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.