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BMW 530E 2016–2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin B520518 · NHTSA communication 10145335 · issued Jul 1, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2016–2018
model years
20
vehicle entries

Official summary

SEAT MEMORY SWITCH SPORADICALLY NOT FUNCTIONING: Selecting one of the saved seat positions (via the memory seat position switch on the door panel), fails to work.

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.