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BMW 228I 2012–2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin B611118 · NHTSA communication 10145339 · issued Jul 1, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2012–2018
model years
60
vehicle entries

Official summary

AFTER EXCHANGING THE FRONT ELECTRONIC MODULE (FEM), PROGRAMMING / ENCODING IS NOT POSSIBLE: After replacing the Front Electronic Module (FEM) for an applicable repair, programming / encoding is not possible.

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.