BMW 1 Series M 2011–2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B340515 · NHTSA communication 10135032 · issued Feb 1, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2011–2018
model years
60
vehicle entries
Official summary
TICKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT AXLE WHEN CORNERING: The customer may complain of a metallic ticking noise from the front axle when cornering, maneuvering, parking or pulling away from a parking space.
Vehicles covered
- 2012 BMW 1 Series M
- 2014 BMW 525D Xdrive
- 2011 BMW 528I
- 2012 BMW 528I
- 2013 BMW 528I
- 2014 BMW 528I
- 2015 BMW 528I
- 2016 BMW 528I
- 2014 BMW 535D
- 2016 BMW 535D
- 2012 BMW 535I
- 2013 BMW 535I
- 2014 BMW 535I
- 2016 BMW 535I
- 2012 BMW 535I Activehybrid
- 2011 BMW 535I US
- 2011 BMW 550I
- 2012 BMW 550I
- 2013 BMW 550I
- 2014 BMW 550I
- 2016 BMW 550I
- 2012 BMW 640I
- 2013 BMW 640I
- 2014 BMW 640I
- 2015 BMW 640I
- 2016 BMW 640I
- 2017 BMW 640I
- 2018 BMW 640I
- 2012 BMW 650I
- 2013 BMW 650I
- 2014 BMW 650I
- 2015 BMW 650I
- 2016 BMW 650I
- 2017 BMW 650I
- 2012 BMW 6 Series
- 2015 BMW Activehybrid 3
- 2016 BMW F800 R
- 2015 BMW K1300 S
- 2015 BMW M3
- 2016 BMW M3
- 2017 BMW M3
- 2015 BMW M4
- 2016 BMW M4
- 2017 BMW M4
- 2018 BMW M4
- 2013 BMW M5
- 2014 BMW M5
- 2015 BMW M5
- 2016 BMW M5
- 2013 BMW M6
- 2014 BMW M6
- 2015 BMW M6
- 2016 BMW M6
- 2017 BMW M6
- 2015 BMW R1200 S Adventure
- 2015 BMW R Nine T
- 2015 BMW X5
- 2016 BMW X5
- 2017 BMW X5
- 2015 BMW X6
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.