2026 BMW X7

These recalls apply to the make, model, and year of your car – and should be fixed as soon as possible.

2 Recalls for 2026 BMW X7

Recall Date Component Summary
2025-04-12 AIR BAGS:CRITICAL FASTENERS

BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2026 X6, X7, X5, and X5 Plug-In Hybrid vehicles. The instrument panel may have been manufactured incorrectly and prevent the passenger-side air bag from deploying properly.

Remedy:

Dealers will replace the instrument panel trim, free of charge. The vehicles have not been sold from dealer inventory and therefore, no owner letters will be mailed. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on December 4, 2025.

1970-01-01 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD:CRITICAL FASTENERS

BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2026 X5 Plug-in Hybrid, X5, and X7 vehicles. The windshield may not be sealed properly, which can allow water to enter the power distribution box or electronic control unit.

Remedy:

Dealers will inspect the windshield seal. If any leaks are detected, the seal will be repaired and vehicle control units and wiring will be replaced as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 3, 2025. Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1-800-525-7417.

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2025-10-03 EXTERIOR LIGHTING
ODI Number: 11691160
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12 Service Alerts for 2026 BMW X7

Date Description
2025-12-10 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

The vehicle may experience various operational issues with the Multifunction Display such as: Intermittent black screen Permanent black screen Intermittent head unit functions not displayed (i.e., Navigation screen only is black)

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2025-12-09 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

The vehicle may experience various operational issues with the infotainment system such as: Resets of the head unit Delayed start-up of the head unit (longer than 30 seconds) Failed start-up of the head unit Sporadic or permanent problems w

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2025-12-18 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

When performing a vehicle test, diagnostic trouble code “ 8013FE Software run time error” is found in theIHKA module. If this fault is set for two consecutive life cycles, it will turn on the check engine light on vehicles with an I-level l

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2025-11-20 ENGINE

Expansion Tank Return

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2025-11-19 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

RSU availability. The vehicle may experience various operation faults with the infotainment system such as: Resets of the head unit Delayed start-up of the head unit (longer than 30 seconds) Failed start-up of the head unit Sporadic or perm

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2025-11-21 STRUCTURE:BODY

DELIVERY STOP: INSTRUMENT PANEL

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2025-11-25 UNKNOWN OR OTHER

DELIVERY STOP: KSG SUPPLY LINE

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2025-11-06 WHEELS

The wheel bearing and the brake disc are not correctly aligned; are not concentric (circled). When applicable work is being performed, it is therefore difficult to remove the wheel bolts from, or fasten them into the wheel bearing hub.

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2025-09-05 SUSPENSION

Control Arm Return

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2025-10-03 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

In some situations, an emergency call may be triggered in the vehicle without either the customer pressing the SOS Call button, or an airbag deployment event. In some cases, the customer may not even be inside the vehicle.

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2025-09-18 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Starting from I-level …24-07-500, it is possible that the Automatic Hold function is not automatically storedfor the next journey. The function must be activated again by the driver at the beginning of every trip. After asoftware update to

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2025-09-18 ENGINE

Due to an assembly error the upper oil pan screws may not have been torqued correctly.

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