BMW 5 Series 2010–2011 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SIB-24-02-11 · NHTSA communication 10040172 · issued Mar 1, 2011
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2010–2011
model years
7
vehicle entries
Official summary
Bmw: a software problem is causing the transmission to enter safety mode with the transmission light on. There is a stored trouble code. *rm
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.