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What 12 owners told NHTSA about the 2017 BMW 7 Series Hybrid Sedan

These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.

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1 of 12 complaints match · Lights · clear filters

Jan 16, 2022Electrical systemLights

Instrument panel went blank. No visual indication of how fast I was traveling. Also frontal collision stop working.

NHTSA ODI 11447685

Working with the data? Download all 12 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 19, 2026

How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2017 BMW 7 Series Hybrid Sedan verdict →