BMW 320I 2011–2013 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B110515 · NHTSA communication 10147653 · issued Mar 1, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine
component
2011–2013
model years
27
vehicle entries
Official summary
"N20 and N55 Engine: Engine Oil Filter Application for Plastic Oil Filter Housing. The current version of EPC does not provide all available options for the engine oil filters used in the N20 and N55 engines produced with a ""plastic"" oil filter housing. The illustration below will help identify the proper engine oil filter application until the EPC is corrected."
Vehicles covered
- 2013 BMW 320I
- 2012 BMW 328I
- 2013 BMW 328I
- 2012 BMW 335I
- 2013 BMW 335I
- 2011 BMW 528I
- 2012 BMW 528I
- 2013 BMW 528I
- 2011 BMW 535I
- 2012 BMW 535I
- 2013 BMW 535I
- 2011 BMW 535I US
- 2011 BMW 550I
- 2012 BMW 550I
- 2013 BMW 550I
- 2012 BMW Activehybrid 3
- 2013 BMW Activehybrid 3
- 2013 BMW Activehybrid 5
- 2013 BMW M5
- 2012 BMW X1 Sav
- 2013 BMW X1 Sav
- 2011 BMW X3
- 2012 BMW X3
- 2013 BMW X3
- 2011 BMW Z4
- 2012 BMW Z4
- 2013 BMW Z4
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.