BMW 530E 2017–2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B660617 · NHTSA communication 10146685 · issued Aug 1, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2017–2018
model years
7
vehicle entries
Official summary
THE SMART OPENER TAILGATE IS ACTIVATED TOO EASILY. The touchless tailgate opening/closing activation is: * Too sensitive * Randomly initiated Software error in the tailgate function module
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.