MODELYEARINDEX

BMW X7

305 complaints across 2 scored model years and 27 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · BMW X7 Full report
C
Grade 2020–2021
2021 vs model median 1.0×
Model median3× median
Engine 4
Body & Interior 4
Electrical 3
Weakest

2020 · 2021

Best

2020 · 2021

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2020
0.98× 25 C
2021
1.02× 30 C
2022 P
0.82× 26 B
2023 P
1.72× 68 D
2024 P
2.64× 105 F
2025 P
1.17× 43 C

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

Recalls

27 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
24V104000 ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 2023–2025 266,716
19V684000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2020 257,473
25V644000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY 2020 145,102
24V576000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY 2020 105,588
22V267000 VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY 2020–2023 61,221
21V096000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2020, 2021 13,858
24V739000 ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 2023, 2024 11,579
22V725000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING 2023 3,315

+ 19 further campaigns

Others in Full-Size SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Buick Enclave
20102011
C
Cadillac Escalade
20162021
B
Chevrolet Suburban
20152021
C
Chevrolet Tahoe
20152021
C
Ford Expedition
20202021
C
GMC Yukon
20152021
C
GMC Yukon XL
20162021
C
Infiniti QX56
none flagged
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2021 X7
Complaints in window
30
Severity-weighted
51
Model median (weighted)
50
vs model median
1.02×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
9
Open investigations
0
Score 59.5 C