Overview & Reviews

Completely and controversially redesigned, the 2002 BMW 7 Series arrives chock-full of innovative technology and luxury trimmings.

• Advanced powertrains, sumptuous luxury, technology showcase.

• Toys can be distracting from the task at hand, odd styling details.

User Reviews:

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  Had enough! - 2002 BMW 7-Series
  By enzo360 - September 4 - 12:40 pm

  After 7 years of ownership, finally had enough of the continual issues with this car and traded it in (not a BMW). Only drove the car in the summer but that did not prevent many costly repairs once the warranty was over. Major coolant leak leading to engine damage (covered by warranty), cooling fan replaced, passenger window motor, 2 batteries, alternator, 6 CD changer malfunctioned, steering alignment could never be done properly leading to uneven tire wear on expensive Dunlops, bad sunroof windnoise that "could not be fixed", excessive road noise, clunky transmission, check engine light "forever" ON, low battery warning would appear often. Each dealer visit minimum $1000. Enough!

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  Bad Experience, Worst car to buy - 2002 BMW 7-Series
  By Noor - October 19 - 2:00 am

  From the day i bought until now, every week i drop off the car for repair. I am broke, I did not know that I am paying for the BMW mess, mistake, for not making the better engine and computer complication. I think it is the time for 745i BMW recall. Whoever owns and has problems with car, like i mentioned before, should go public, media and have BMW fixed their own mess. I think even Mazda, Ford, Honda, Toyota are more reliable cars than BMW.

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  Bad Investment - 2002 BMW 7-Series
  By omg - September 24 - 2:57 pm

  BMW should be sued for selling this over price car. The labor and the maintenace is ridiculous. The peep hole problem is a joke. I HATE THI CAR. IF I COULD GET RID OF IT...I WOULD

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  Too many kinks - 2002 BMW 7-Series
  By tom - April 19 - 10:13 pm

  I liked the exterior design and smooth engine, but iDrive is slow and needlessly complicated. Many kinks in the car: 1) window lift mechanism poor as when it malfunctions (happened twice), no way to close the window. 2) key gets stuck in ignition. 3) if park too close to curb, rims hit before the run flat tires. 4) mobile phone connection flimsy

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  New 7 - 2002 BMW 7-Series
  By james donovan - March 10 - 6:06 am

  After driving comparable vehicles, Ive come to the conclusion that I should have purchased an S-Class instead. If I wanted sportiness, I would have purchased a smaller car. The Beamer cant compare class-wise to the Benz.

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  I hate the I-Drive - 2002 BMW 7-Series
  By No more BMW for me - December 28 - 3:59 am

  BMW should send this car back to Microsoft. The i-drive is worthless. In theory, it is a good idea, but in practice it sucks. Do you know you cant listen to the radio in the car when parked for more than 15 minutes? The whole computer system has to stay on and it drains the battery. The CD has almost no functionallity. It forgets where it was the last time you had it on everytime. The voice recognition is useless as it takes so long to do anything. The navigation system takes you to the wrong address by making bad assumptions (and not telling you about it). Overall, it is a disaster and I will never touch a BMW again. (I bought this model when it came out and have suffered with it for 3 years.)

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  it could have been so good - 2002 BMW 7-Series
  By Dr kanji - January 29 - 2:00 am

  The interieur is miserable, the signallight stalk is placed wrong. The "I" drive should be srapped at once. The doors do not open far enough. Ever tried to undu the emergency brake,good luck

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  Lemon law - make them eat it! - 2002 BMW 7-Series
  By BadBMW - October 14 - 2:00 am

  Purchased my 745i one week ago. CONTINUAL battery problems (car left me stranded twice in two days). Nav system poor, phone has terrible voice recognition. Dealer reported that the problems with the nav system required a software upgrade. Why didnt they check everything before delivery? Maryland has a 7-day lemon law which Im taking advantage of ot of desperation. Really bad for a $70+ car. NO MORE BMWs for me. A new Mercedes will be delivered to my door on Thursday. Maybe BMW should have waited one more year beforw putting this engineering on the market. Sorry I didnt read these reviews before wasting a lot of time hassling with the car.

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  Never again! - 2002 BMW 7-Series
  By Bjncfo - August 29 - 2:00 am

  2nd BMW Ive owned and this will be the last. All of the great features of this car are offset by the endless number of bugs. Software problems, transmission problems, etc. Who wants to drive a car with the radio on when it skips through the preset stations constantly? Car has been in to the dealer four times. Latest visit is now for more than a week. Back to Lexus for me!

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  the opposite of an S-Class - 2002 BMW 7-Series
  By alaia - March 31 - 2:00 am

  I Love the cars except this I-drive which is so complicated to understand. The dealer gave me a 45 minutes courses on own to use this system In one word if you love gadgets and gizmos