Vehicle profile
2019 BMW 7 Series 740i
Sedan · Large Cars
Specifications
What's under the hood.
- Horsepower
- 445 hp
- Cylinders
- 6-cyl
- Displacement
- 4.4L
- Fuel
- Premium gasoline
- Transmission
- Automatic 8-spd
- Drive
- RWD
- Body class
- Large Cars
Federal recall campaigns
1 federal recall campaign.
How this compares
- vs 2019 Large Cars
- 0.64× the 1.56 campaigns averaged across that group (fewer than typical)
- Most-affected system
- ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING — 1 of 1 (100%)
Derived from the federal campaign record across 2019 vehicles in the same body class. Counts are of campaigns, not of faults found.
18V465000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINEBMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2018 BMW 540d xDrive vehicles. The crankshaft sensor may be equipped with incorrect firmware, preventing the sensor from properly processing input from the crankshaft reluctor ring, possibly resulting in a vehicle stall. On September 12, 2018, BMW expanded the recall to a total of 5,309 vehicles including certain 2018-2019 BMW 540d xDrive, 230i M240i, M240i xDrive, X2 sDrive28i, X2 xDrive28i, X1 sDrive28i, X1 xDrive28i, 330i, 330i xDrive, 340i, 340i xDrive, 330i xDrive Gran Turismo, 530i, 530i xDrive, 540i, 540i xDrive, 530e, 530e xDrive, 640i xDrive Gran Turismo, 330e, 2019 430i Gran Coupe, 430i xDrive Gran Coupe, 440i Gran Coupe, 440i xDrive Gran Coupe, 430i, 430i xDrive, 440i, 440i xDrive, 740i, 740i xDrive, MINI Cooper, Cooper S, JCW, MINI Countryman (Cooper, Cooper All4, Cooper S, Cooper S All4, JCW All4), and MINI Clubman (Cooper, Cooper S, Cooper All4, Cooper S All4, JCW All4) vehicles.
Consequence: A vehicle stall can increase the risk of a crash.
Remedy: BMW will notify owners, and dealers will replace the crankshaft sensor, free of charge. The recall began September 6, 2018. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417.
2018-07-11
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"year": 2019,
"make": "BMW",
"model": "7 Series",
"trim": "740i",
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