2026 BMW i7
The 2026 BMW i7 is sold in the U.S. as an electric large sedan with 8 EPA-rated configurations. Its longest-range version, the i7 eDrive50 Sedan (19 inch Wheels), is EPA-rated at 314 miles with 88 MPGe combined efficiency. NHTSA lists no recall campaigns for this model year so far (Safety Signal A). Owners have filed 2 complaints, most often about the visibility/wiper.
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Specs & fuel economy
Source: EPA fueleconomy.gov| Configuration | Powertrain | Drive | Engine / motor | City | Hwy | Comb | Range | kWh/100mi | Charge (240V) | Annual fuel* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| i7 eDrive50 Sedan (19 inch Wheels) | Electric | RWD | 335 kW EESM | 85 | 93 | 88 MPGe | 314 mi | 38.2 | 10 h | $850 |
| i7 xDrive60 Sedan (19 inch Wheels) | Electric | AWD | 190 and 230 kW EESM | 85 | 91 | 88 MPGe | 311 mi | 38.4 | 10 h | $850 |
| i7 eDrive50 Sedan (21 inch Wheels) | Electric | RWD | 335 kW EESM | 84 | 90 | 87 MPGe | 307 mi | 38.9 | 10 h | $900 |
| i7 xDrive60 Sedan (21 inch Wheels) | Electric | AWD | 190 and 230 kW EESM | 85 | 89 | 87 MPGe | 308 mi | 38.8 | 10 h | $850 |
| i7 eDrive50 Sedan (20 inch Wheels) | Electric | RWD | 335 kW EESM | 82 | 88 | 85 MPGe | 301 mi | 39.9 | 10 h | $900 |
| i7 xDrive60 Sedan (20 inch Wheels) | Electric | AWD | 190 and 230 kW EESM | 81 | 85 | 83 MPGe | 296 mi | 40.8 | 10 h | $900 |
| i7 M70 xDrive Sedan (21 inch Wheels) | Electric | AWD | 190 and 360 kW EESM | 77 | 83 | 79 MPGe | 285 mi | 42.5 | 10 h | $950 |
| i7 M70 xDrive Sedan (20 inch Wheels) | Electric | AWD | 190 and 360 kW EESM | 72 | 78 | 75 MPGe | 267 mi | 45.1 | 10 h | $1,000 |
*EPA estimate at 15,000 miles/year at EPA reference fuel and electricity prices. fueleconomy.gov record ids: 49940, 49945, 49942, 49947, 49941, 49946, 49944, 49943.
Specifications filed with NHTSA
Source: NHTSA vPICDimensions Exterior
| Body style | Sedan/Saloon |
| Doors | 4 |
Engine Output
| Horsepower | 449 hp |
Fuel Economy
| Fuel | Electric |
Transmission
| Drivetrain | AWD/All-Wheel Drive |
Driver assistance
Standard: Adaptive cruise control, Anti-lock brakes, Automatic emergency braking, Backup camera, Blind-spot monitoring, Electronic stability control, Forward collision warning, Lane departure warning, Lane keeping assist, Pedestrian automatic emergency braking
Filed by the manufacturer with NHTSA under the federal vehicle-identification rule and decoded from the VIN pattern — not a manufacturer press kit, so it describes the configurations we could identify rather than every trim (seen: eDrive50, xDrive60). Figures for the trim you are looking at may differ.
Dimensions & weight
Source: Transport Canada| Length | 212.2 in |
| Width (body, without mirrors) | 76.8 in |
| Height | 60.6 in |
| Wheelbase | 126.8 in |
| Track, front | 65.7 in |
| Track, rear | 65.0 in |
| Curb weight | 6,243–6,343 lb |
| Weight distribution, front/rear | 49/51 |
Measured by Transport Canada for its Canadian Vehicle Specifications database, which covers the North American versions of each model — here 2 configurations: M70 xDrive 4-door Sedan, xDrive60 4-door Sedan. Where a range is shown, those versions differ. Width is the body without mirrors, which is why it can read narrower than a brochure figure. Before we used it we checked it against the US manufacturer press kits we hold (27 Sep 2026): wheelbase agreed within 1% on every vehicle we could compare, length on 98%, and the curb weight fell inside the manufacturer's range on 96%. Source dataset. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Licence.
The cheapest ownership win
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Recalls (0)
Source: NHTSA recall databaseNo NHTSA recall campaigns are on file for the 2026 BMW i7. New campaigns appear here within a week of NHTSA posting them.
These are vehicle campaigns — the ones the automaker filed against this model. NHTSA also records equipment recalls, filed by a parts maker against a component (a tyre, a child seat, an aftermarket part), and those are not listed here or counted above. nhtsa.gov/recalls shows both for a VIN.
Hear about a recall before the letter does
The manufacturer’s letter is the last step of a recall: it has up to 60 days after filing to mail owners, at the address on the registration. We email you the day NHTSA posts a recall on the 2026 BMW i7, with what to do next. Nothing else, ever — no newsletter, no marketing, one-click unsubscribe in every message.
Parts & accessories for the 2026 BMW i7
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Find parts for this i7 →Owner complaints
Source: NHTSA complaint database0 involved a crash · 0 a fire · 0 injuries · 0 deaths reported
16 per 10,000 built · BMW reported 1,228 i7 built (its Early Warning production report to NHTSA)
Filed per year: 2026: 2
Most-cited components
In owners' own words
Filed with NHTSA by the people who own these cars, one per problem area. Quoted as written, with anything identifying removed.
My 2026 BMW i7 eDrive50 developed significant steering-wheel surface deterioration within approximately three months of ownership and 6,000 miles of driving. The steering-wheel material is deteriorating, becoming sticky, and transferring a glue-like residue onto my fingers during normal driving. This is not simply a cosmetic concern.
I purchased a new 26 BMW I7 with the Rear Theater and Executive seating options, for my & daughter's to enjoy. The screen broke day one, and has spent 10 days in the shop the first 44 days of my ownership. Beyond my reliability, and technical issuws the car has a major safety flaw/concern i asked BMW to address.
Complaint counts are raw owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects, and scale with how many were sold. Use them to spot patterns, not to rank.
Crash ratings
Source: NHTSA NCAPNHTSA has not published 5-Star crash ratings for this model year.
Service bulletins & campaigns
Source: NHTSA manufacturer communicationsMost often about: Electrical System, Power Train.
- B610625 Service bulletin2026-08-31 · Power Train
- Check Control message: "You can continue driving. Drivetrain” (00029) is displayed. The following fault code is stored in the CCU fault memory: 224188 – Accelerator pedal module, pedal sensor, sensor 1, sensor 2: Signals implausible. There may or may not be a drivability complaint associated with the fault.
- B610324 Service bulletin2026-04-09 · Electrical System
- Gen 5 BEV/PHEV vehicles may set the Combined Charging Unit (CCU) in programming abort due to no communication to the HV charge socket electronics.
A service bulletin is the manufacturer telling its dealers how to diagnose or repair a known condition. It is not a recall, not a finding that the vehicle is defective, and the work is not automatically free — though a bulletin is often what a dealer works from when you describe a symptom, so quoting the document number can save a diagnosis. The count is every communication filed; the list shows the most recent, one entry per campaign, because a single campaign is usually filed as several documents on the same day. The summaries are NHTSA's; the full documents come from the manufacturer.
i7 by model year
all years, side by side →Common questions about the 2026 i7
Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kitsDoes the 2026 BMW i7 have any recalls?
No NHTSA recall campaigns are on file for the 2026 BMW i7. New campaigns appear here within a week of NHTSA posting them, and a clean sheet on a recent model year often just means the vehicle is new.
How safe is the 2026 BMW i7?
NHTSA has not published a crash-test rating for the 2026 BMW i7 yet. On the recall record WhichTrim grades it A (100/100), which measures open and severe recalls rather than crash protection.
What is the fuel economy of the 2026 BMW i7?
Across the 8 EPA-rated configurations of the 2026 BMW i7, the longest EPA range is 314 miles on a charge. Figures are the EPA's own, per configuration, and every one is listed above.
What are the dimensions of the 2026 BMW i7?
Transport Canada measured it at 212.2 in long, 76.8 in wide (body, without mirrors), 60.6 in tall, on a 126.8 in wheelbase. Curb weight: 6,243–6,343 lb depending on configuration. Those are its measurements of the North American versions; every figure is in the table above.
What do owners complain about on the 2026 BMW i7?
Owners have filed 2 complaints with NHTSA about the 2026 BMW i7, most often about visibility/wiper, electrical system, seats. Complaints are unverified owner reports, so treat the pattern as a signal and the individual report as an anecdote.
Are there service bulletins for the 2026 BMW i7?
The manufacturer has filed 2 service bulletins and related communications with NHTSA for the 2026 BMW i7, most often covering electrical system, power train. The most recent is dated 2026-08-31. A bulletin is not a recall: it is the repair procedure a manufacturer sends its dealers for a condition it knows about, and the work is not automatically paid for. It is still worth knowing — if the symptom matches, quoting the bulletin number at the service desk can save a diagnosis. The document numbers and summaries are listed above.
What we hold, and what an empty row means
Paid vehicle-history reports will not tell you the difference between “nothing happened to this car” and “we never received that record” — both of the big two say as much in their own help pages. Most of what is on this page comes from complete federal registers, so we can tell you which is which, row by row.
| Data | Held | Source | What it covers — or what empty means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fuel economy & configurations | 8 configurations | EPA certification records | Every configuration the EPA certified for sale, with its own test figures. |
| Emission certificates | none | EPA emission certificates | The EPA published no certificate we could match to a configuration on this page. |
| Recalls | none | NHTSA recall campaigns | No campaign has been filed. Because the register is complete, an empty row here means there is nothing to find — not that we are missing it. |
| Owner complaints | 2 | NHTSA complaint database | Also complete, but unverified: these are reports owners filed, not findings. Counts scale with how many were sold. |
| Crash ratings | none | NHTSA NCAP | NHTSA has not tested this model year. Cars are selected for testing, so untested is not unsafe. |
| Service bulletins | 2 | NHTSA manufacturer communications | Everything the manufacturer told its dealers about a defect or malfunction, short of a recall. |
| Investigations | none | NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation | No defect investigation has been opened. |
| Driver-assist crash reports | none | NHTSA Standing General Order 2021-01 | No report has been filed. Only entities named in the order report, and only crashes they hear of — so this is also what an unequipped car, or a manufacturer without telematics, looks like. |
| Specifications filed with NHTSA | 5 fields | NHTSA vPIC, decoded from VIN patterns | What the manufacturer filed under the federal VIN rule — a configuration, not the full trim ladder. |
| Measured dimensions | 7 fields | Transport Canada, Canadian Vehicle Specifications | Length, width, height, wheelbase, track and curb weight, measured on the North American versions. |
| Trims, pricing & equipment | none | Manufacturer press kit | We have not transcribed a press kit for this model year yet. This is our gap, not the manufacturer's — the one row here where an empty cell means we are behind. |
Rebuilt nightly; this page was generated 2026-10-26. Every figure above is traceable to the source named beside it, and the JSON for this page carries the same values with their identifiers.
Sources & method
Safety Signal starts every model-year at 100 and subtracts points per open NHTSA recall campaign by severity: critical 15 (fire risk, park-outside or do-not-drive advisories), high 8 (brakes, steering, airbags, loss of drive power, structure, battery), moderate 6, minor 3 (software, labels, lighting fixed by an update). The most serious recall counts in full and each further one counts 85% of the one before, because a vehicle sold in millions is recalled more often than a rare one without being more dangerous — and because a flat subtraction bottomed the scale out, scoring a vehicle with 22 recalls within a point of one with six. A ≥ 90, B ≥ 80, C ≥ 70, D ≥ 60, otherwise F. Read it as what it counts: recall campaigns on the federal record, weighted by severity. The damping reduces the sales bias by roughly 40% but does not remove it: like our complaint counts, this is not normalized by how many were sold, so a best-seller still scores somewhat worse than an obscure model with the same real risk. NHTSA crash ratings, do-not-drive and park-outside advisories, and the crash, fire, injury and death counts in owner complaints are reported separately on every page and never blended into the letter — a vehicle can hold five stars and a poor letter at once, and where that happens we say so rather than leave you to notice. Because the scale subtracts from a clean sheet, a model year too new to have been recalled, complained about or bulletined scores full marks on an empty record; we label those grades provisional rather than present them as earned.
EPA figures come from fueleconomy.gov vehicle records. Recalls, complaints, investigations and crash ratings come from NHTSA's public flat files, refreshed nightly.