BMW 745e
Registered from 2020 to 2021.
About this model
The BMW 7 Series is a full-size luxury sedan manufactured and marketed by the German automaker BMW since 1977. It is the successor to the BMW E3 "New Six" sedan and is now in its seventh generation.
From the Wikipedia article BMW 7 Series, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crash test
| Stability control | Standard |
| Forward collision warning | Standard |
| Lane departure warning | Standard |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 280 hp · 10.7 L/100km (EPA) · 12.4 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · 373 Wh/km |
| 2020 | 280 hp · 10.7 L/100km (EPA) · 12.4 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · 379 Wh/km |
Recalls
Filed by the manufacturer with a regulator. A recall is repaired free of charge, whoever owns the car now.
74% of 2020 cars have more recall campaigns than this one, and an ordinary one has 3. More of them means more to check the service record for, not a worse car.
19V589000
Without an audible warning, the driver may forget to buckle the seat belt, increasing their risk of injury in the event of a crash.
BMW will notify owners, and dealers will update the ECU software, free of charge. The recall began October 11, 2019. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417.
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Pedestrian alert sounds
Defect petition, opened January 2023, closed August 2023.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
BMW filed 53 bulletins about the 2021 745e.
- Electrical system: 11
- Equipment: 8
- Engine and engine cooling: 7
- Steering: 6
- Visibility: 6
- Exterior lighting: 3
- Structure: 3
- Engine: 2
- Fuel system, gasoline: 2
- Suspension: 2
- Other: 3
- The EVAP systems purge (vent) valve limited warranty for defects in materials and / or workmanship has been extended to 15 years / 150,000 miles as determined from the original first in-service /… · May 2026
- The front and rear air suspension strut assemblies limited warranty for defects in materials or workmanship has been extended to 8 years /80,000 miles as determined from the original in-service date. · March 2026
- One or more of the LED daytime running lights are dim or discolored. · April 2024
- The basic conditions for initializing the power windows are not met. · February 2024
- The Central Information Display goes black intermittently due to resets of the Head Unit (HU-H3). FaultB7F8F9 ÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂàÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂHU-H: ResetÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂàwill… · February 2024
- The electrical system of BMW vehicles has been subject to an ongoing development process over the last few years. This has led to increased demands being placed on the battery. This document covers… · February 2024
- At low outside temperatures (below 40 degrees F) and slow driving speeds (i.e. when parking, maneuvering)with a large steering angle, the front end can be slightly axially misaligned. This can be… · February 2024
- SITUATION Unusual noises occur only when operating the steering column in the axial direction. 1. A one-time thump sound at the start of movement Shortly after the steering column starts moving,… · February 2024
45 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.