1997 BMW 7 Series

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the fuel system. No safety recall has been issued.

Most common 1997 BMW 7 Series problems

1 of the 2 complaints (50%) are about the fuel system.

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Unknown or Other	1		0	0	0
Fuel System, Other · fuel system	1		0	0	0

What owners reported

Newest filings

Fuel System, Other

Filed May 2, 2011228,800 milesVA

I HAVE A 1997 740IL BMW THIRD OWNER 228,000. I START TO NOTICE IN APRIL OF 2011 THAT WHEN I FUEL THE CAR UP THAT WHEN REMOVING THE GAS CAP THERE WAS A HISSING SOUND. A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER IT STARTED LEAKING FUEL WHEN I LOOK UNDER THE CAR I SEEN THAT THE FUEL TANK ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WAS CRUSH IN AND HAD A HOLE IN IT. I HAVE PARK THE CAR TILL I HAVE THE MONEY TO REPAIR IT. I HAVE NOT RUN OVER ANYTHING NOR HAS THE EVER BEEN IN A CRASH AND HAS BEEN KEEP VERY WELL. *TR

Unknown or Other

Filed Feb 1, 1999CA

CUP HOLDER MALFUNCTIONING. *YC

All 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2006

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Assessment
2012	2	1	0	Routine
2011	3	1	0	Routine
2010	2	2	0	Routine
2009	9	2	1	Routine
2008	11	1	1	Routine
2007	13	2	0	Routine
2006	29	3	0	Routine
2005	4	1	0	Routine
2004	28	4	1	Routine
2003	8	2	0	Routine
2002	4	1	0	Routine
2001	2	0	0	Routine
2000	2	0	0	Routine
1999	2	0	0	Routine
1997 — this page	2	0	0	Routine
1996	1	0	0	Routine
1995	2	0	0	Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.