BMW X5 2005–2006 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 515001 · NHTSA communication 10020009 · issued Mar 1, 2006
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2005–2006
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Trunk lid grip water ingress - intermittent trunk lid (lift gate or rear hatch) unlocking operations. *tt
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.