2024 BMW X7 forward collision avoidance problems
10 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the forward collision avoidance on the 2024 BMW X7 — 16% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“After starting car, car went into Power Failure mode, warning to immediately stop car, car continued driving, but eventually engaged parking mode and wouldn’t go back into drive mode until I turned it off and back on again.”
filed Dec 13, 2025
“Traveling on I70 on 9/3 at 70 mph around 2pm the car stopped abuptly and displayed Emergency Stoppage and made an SOS call to BMW. After a few minutes the car was retarted and we proceeded to our destination. No injuries or damage since there was no one behind us. Dealer told us not to drive the…”
filed Sep 4, 2025
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Forward Collision Avoidance problems in other X7 years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 X7 | 4 | 15% |
| 2023 X7 | 2 | 5% |
| 2021 X7 | 1 | 3% |
| 2020 X7 | 2 | 4% |
| 2019 X7 | 4 | 9% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2024 BMW X7
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.