2013 BMW 740 I 4 DR RWD
Safety Ratings.
NHTSA’s 5-Star Safety Ratings help consumers compare vehicle safety when searching for a car. More stars mean safer cars.
Combines Side Barrier and Side Pole Star Ratings into a single side rating.
Combines Side Barrier and Side Pole Star Ratings into a single side rating.
The Rollover Resistance test measures the risk of rollover in a single-vehicle, loss-of-control scenario.
1 Complaints
I WAS TRAVELING EAST BOUND ON A 3 LANE ROAD, WHEN A MOVING TRUCK PULLED OUT OF A SHOPPING CENTER IN A NON SIGNALED DRIVE ATTEMPTING TO CROSS ROAD TO HEAD WEST BOUND, WHAT SEEMED TO BE LAST MOMENT AS I WAS CONTINUING EAST BOUND THE TRUCK SUDDENLY PULLED OUT A CROSS ROAD, LEAVING ME MINIMAL TIME TO AVOID COLLISION, I BRAKED BUT HAD NO TIME TO SLOW DOWN, SINCE TRUCK PULLED OUT WHAT SEEMED WITHIN 10 FEET OF ME, I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, MY CAR MADE IMPACT WITH SIDE OF MOVING TRUCKS CARGO BOX, CREATING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OF FRONT END (NON DRIVABLE), WHAT SEEMED TO BE ONE TO TWO SECONDS LATER I WAS THEN REAR ENDED BY A PICKUP TRUCK FROM BEHIND, 911 WAS DISPATCHED TO SEEN AND WE WERE CHECKED FOR INJURIES, I COMPLAINED OF NECK AND LOWER BACK PAIN, MY SON COMPLAINED OF PAIN AT TOP OF HIS HEAD AND LATER HAD SMALL BLACK EYE. OUR HEAD REST ON MY BMW EJECTED FORWARD, BUT AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, MY COMPLAINT IS THE FAILURE OF AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT AT RATE OF SPEED OF ACCIDENT AND HIGH IMPACT. BMWS REPRESENTIVE ONLY RESPONSE IS THAT SENSORS ARE VERY LOW AND IS POSSIBLE WHY IT DID NOT DEPLOY. I WOULD LIKE THIS INVESTIGATED PRIOR TO MY VEHICLE BEING REPAIRED, MY CONCERN IS FOR FUTURE SAFETY.
1 Recalls
BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) is recalling certain 2013-2015 740i, 740Li, 740Lxi, 750i, 750xi, 750Li and 750Lxi and 2014 ActiveHybrid 7 vehicles. The affected vehicles may have received incorrect replacement left rear taillight assemblies. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 108, "Lamps, Reflective Devices, and Associated Equipment."
Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.
Get started for free
Get a free preview of the report
Combines Driver and Passenger star ratings into a single frontal rating. The frontal barrier test simulates a head-on collision between two similar vehicles, each moving at 35 mph.