BMW 530I 2016–2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B520816 · NHTSA communication 10146587 · issued Mar 1, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seats
component
2016–2017
model years
6
vehicle entries
Official summary
"FRONT SEAT ADJUSTMENT, WRONG DISPLAY/ERROR RECOGNITION (FAULTY DETECTION) IN CID What is new ? G30 has been added. ? ""Correction"" has changed from programming solution to replace seat switch. ? "Procedure" has been changed to replace the seat switch instead of programming. ? ""Parts Information"" has been added for the seat switch. ? Warranty Labor Ops have changed to reflect the updated procedure to replace the seat switch. This Service Information bulletin supersedes SI B52 08 16 dated October 2016. . The seat adjustment is erroneously displayed in the Central Information Display (CID) ev
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.