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BMW 1 Series M 2009–2016 — technical service bulletin

Bulletin B840514 · NHTSA communication 10147690 · issued Mar 1, 2015

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2009–2016
model years
60
vehicle entries

Official summary

One or both of the situations listed below may be encountered: ? Android device connection stability (dropped calls) ? Third-Party App Metadata: The album art and song title do not update when streaming audio from Pandora or Spotify, etc. New KISU (Customer Initiated Software Update) software is available on the TIS website. This software improves the Bluetooth functionality in our vehicles, and it helps to keep us up-to-date with technology innovation.

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.