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BMW 320I 2012–2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin B651715 · NHTSA communication 10146605 · issued Mar 1, 2017

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2012–2017
model years
39
vehicle entries

Official summary

"?ACTIVE SOUND DESIGN (ASD) INOPERATIVE AFTER PROGRAMMING What's New: ? ISTA/P and ISTA 4 software level that contains the fix added to Correction and Procedure ? F31, F32, F33, F34, F36 vehicles added to Models ? Warranty information updated to include programming fix . After programming with ISTA/P V3.56.1 or ISTA/P V3.60: Active Sound Design (ASD) no longer provides simulated engine sounds. A fault is stored in the Active Sound Design (ASD) module. Fault Code 8053A5 ""ASD; invalid coding data for equalizing"". Invalid ASD coding data in two different versions of ISTA/P."

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.