BMW 228I 2014–2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B651316 · NHTSA communication 10135992 · issued Mar 1, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2014–2018
model years
60
vehicle entries
Official summary
NBT-EVO Head Unit Cannot be Swapped between Vehicles for Testing. 'Component Protection Active': If either the NBT-EVO head unit or Body Domain Controller (BDC) are swapped into a different vehicle they will cause the head unit NBT-EVO to enter a locked mode once it recognizes a different VIN.
Vehicles covered
- 2015 BMW 228I
- 2016 BMW 228I
- 2017 BMW 230I
- 2018 BMW 230I
- 2014 BMW 320I
- 2015 BMW 320I
- 2016 BMW 320I
- 2017 BMW 320I
- 2018 BMW 320I
- 2014 BMW 328D
- 2015 BMW 328D
- 2016 BMW 328D
- 2017 BMW 328D
- 2018 BMW 328D
- 2014 BMW 328I
- 2015 BMW 328I
- 2016 BMW 328I
- 2017 BMW 330E
- 2017 BMW 330I
- 2014 BMW 335I
- 2015 BMW 335I
- 2016 BMW 335I
- 2016 BMW 340I
- 2017 BMW 340I
- 2018 BMW 340I
- 2015 BMW 428I
- 2016 BMW 428I
- 2017 BMW 430I
- 2018 BMW 430I
- 2015 BMW 435I
- 2016 BMW 435I
- 2017 BMW 440I
- 2018 BMW 440I
- 2017 BMW 530I
- 2018 BMW 530I
- 2017 BMW 540I
- 2018 BMW 540I
- 2016 BMW 640I
- 2017 BMW 640I
- 2018 BMW 640I
- 2016 BMW 650I
- 2017 BMW 650I
- 2016 BMW 740LI
- 2017 BMW 740LI
- 2018 BMW 740LI
- 2016 BMW 750LI
- 2017 BMW 750LI
- 2018 BMW 750LI
- 2016 BMW F800 R
- 2017 BMW F800 R
- 2014 BMW i3
- 2015 BMW i3
- 2016 BMW i3
- 2017 BMW i3
- 2018 BMW i3
- 2014 BMW i8
- 2015 BMW i8
- 2016 BMW i8
- 2017 BMW i8
- 2015 BMW M235I
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.