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2011 BMW 740I US Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Mar 4, 2020
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Jan 8, 2014

What this page shows

Our database holds 4 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2011 BMW 740I US. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

Showing 1–4 of 4

Body & structure
Filed Mar 4, 2020

DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOOR ACTUATORS AND LATCHES ARE NOT WORKING. THESE ARE THE SOFT-CLOSE DOORS AND ONCE YOU ARE INSIDE AND THE DOOR LOCKS, YOU CANNOT UNLOCK IT TO GET OUT. YOU CAN PRESS THE LOCK BUTTON AND IT DOES NOT UNLOCK. ALSO, IF YOU LOCK THE CAR FROM THE OUTSIDE, YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO UNLOCK THE CAR TO GET BACK IN WITH THE REMOTE OR THE ACTUAL KEY. BMW IS CHARGING FOR A LOCKSMITH TO UNLOCK THE CAR AND THEY ARE CHARGING OVER $2500 TO REPAIR. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD IF YOU ARE DRIVING AND WAS THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY THAT WOULD HAVE TO EXIT THE CAR THIS WOULD BE LIFE-THREATENING.

NHTSA ID
11316088
Incident
Feb 29, 2020
Mileage
134,000 mi
Fuel system
Filed Jan 22, 2018

LEAKING FUEL CODE P1449 DMTL DIAGNOSTIC MODULE TANK LEAK. WOKE UP WITH FUEL SPOTS ON BOTH SIDES OF VEHICLE NEAR FUEL TANK. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY!!!! LUCKY FOR ME ! IT WAS NOT IN THE GARAGE.

NHTSA ID
11064079
Incident
Jan 9, 2018
Mileage
74,000 mi
Powertrain (other)
Filed Jun 1, 2015

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 BMW 740I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ELECTRONIC FLOOR SHIFTER INDEPENDENTLY MOVED FROM PARKING TO NEUTRAL AND THE TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTION WARNING MESSAGE APPEARED. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE ELECTRONIC FLOOR SHIFTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 66,000.

NHTSA ID
10722643
Incident
May 20, 2015
Mileage
66,000 mi
Engine
Filed Jan 8, 2014

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 BMW 740I. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE REPLICATED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 31,600.

NHTSA ID
10559050
Incident
Jan 6, 2014
Mileage
31,600 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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