2019 BMW X7 Service and Repair Manual

This factory service and repair manual for the 2019 BMW X7 has more to sort through than most: two engines — a turbocharged 3.0L inline-six and a turbocharged 4.4L V8, both with double overhead cams and both on gasoline — and six trims of a single four-door sport utility body. The trim list, from xDrive40i through the xDrive50i Pure Excellence, mostly describes equipment rather than mechanics, but the equipment is exactly what the wiring diagrams and body sections have to keep straight.

Engines covered

• 3.0L inline-six — DOHC, turbocharged, gasoline
• 4.4L V8 — DOHC, turbocharged, gasoline

Body styles covered

• 4-door sport utility

Trims covered

• xDrive40i
• xDrive40i M Sport
• xDrive40i Pure Excellence
• xDrive50i
• xDrive50i M Sport
• xDrive50i Pure Excellence

Known issues on the 2019 X7. Eleven recalls sit on the federal record for this year. One concerns head air bags fitted out of alignment with the trim, so they may be obstructed as they inflate. Another involves a high-pressure fuel pump that was not properly attached, letting its flange crack and leak fuel near ignition sources. A third covers left-side wheel bolts that were insufficiently tightened, which can loosen until a wheel separates. Owners have logged 47 complaints, 16 of them on the electrical system and five each on the engine and on engine cooling — the circuits and cooling diagnostics this manual covers.