This price is 22.6 percent higher than the fair price.
Low price: $3421
Fair price: $4078
High price: $4734
MPG: 17 mpg city / 24 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Beige
Color: White
Dealer: International Autosport
Mileage: 87,482
Year: 1998
Ownership Cost for 1998 BMW 7-Series 740iL
Estimated: $37324 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$1249
$600
$525
$475
$425
$3274
Insurance
$1451
$1502
$1554
$1609
$1665
$7781
Fuel
$1902
$1960
$2028
$2109
$2204
$10203
Maintenance
$2763
$2228
$1048
$735
$2291
$9065
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$367
$367
$367
$367
$367
$543
Total Ownership Costs
$8710
$7469
$6507
$6379
$8260
$37324
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 4398.2879776
Displacement CI: 268.4
Displacement L: 4.398
Doors: 4
Engine Cylinders: 8
Engine HP: 282
Engine KW: 210.2874
Engine Manufacturer: BMW-AG
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
Make: BMW
Manufacturer: BMW AG
Manufacturer Id: 966
Model: 740iL
Model Year: 1998
Plant City: Dingolfing
Plant Country: Germany
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: 7
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
1993
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
I SET MEMORY SEAT POSITION 1 AND IT WORKED FINE. I WAS DRIVING HOME AT 70 MPH AND WONDERED IF I SHOULD SET POSITION 2 FOR GRETA. I HIT THE BUTTON MEMORY TWO AND THE SEAT BACK FULLY RECLINED AND WENT ALL THE WAY BACK. BEING SHORT WITH SHORT LEGS I LOST CONTROL FOR A SECOND AND FOUGHT MY WAY TO A STOP ON THE SHOULDER. THE SEAT MOVED FORWARD BUT THE BACKREST REMAINED STUCK. I DROVE HOME SLOWLY AND CONTACTED THE DEALER. IT WAS FIXED BUT I AM AFRAID IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN.*AK
1998
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 BMW 740IL. WHILE REFUELING HE NOTICED GAS WAS LEAKING FORM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. ONCE HE STOPPED PUMPING GAS IT STOPPED LEAKING. THIS FAILURE RECURRED WHENEVER HE WOULD REFUEL THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE EXAMINED FOR THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. OVER TIME HE BEGAN TO HEAR A THUMPING NOISE COMING FROM THE FUEL TANK WHILE DRIVING OR STOPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THERE WAS A SPLIT ON ONE OF THE SEEMS FOR THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO ANOTHER INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE FUEL TANK WAS REPAIRED. THE THUMPING FAILURE CONTINUED TO RECUR SO THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE FUEL TANK WAS REPLACED. THE THUMPING FAILURE CONTINUES TO RECUR. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 178,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 180,000.