BMW 7 Series Common Problems & Reliability | whatbreaks

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used car risk analysis // monte carlo cost projections

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Segment: mainstream

Fuel: petrol

7 Series Gen 1 (2001-2025)

mainstreampetrol

Running

~£1546/yr

Deprec.

> Top failure modes

[MED]Coil springs~121k mi£100-200

[MED]Ball joints~130k mi£80-180

suspension▁▁▁▂▂▂▃▄▄▅▆▆▆█▇██▇▆█7.5%

tyres▁▄▅▅▆▆▅▅▇▇▆▆▆▆██▅▆▆▆▅6.8%

electrical▁▁▁▂▂▁▂▂▂▂▃▃▅▃▅▆▅▄█▆▆3.7%

0k100k200k+

Toyota C-HR (1.08)Honda Civic (1.05)Honda CR-V (1.02)Kia NIRO (0.95)Mazda 3 (0.95)Mazda CX-5 (0.95)

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