BMW 228I 2012–2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B612614 · NHTSA communication 10147721 · issued Jun 1, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2012–2016
model years
34
vehicle entries
Official summary
"Horn(s) Fail to Work. While trying to activate the horn, one or both horns fail to work. One or more of the following fault codes can be stored in the FEM: ? ""8044A3 - Wiring, horn short circuit to earth"" ? ""8044A4 - Wiring, horn short circuit to positive"" ? ""8044A5 - Wiring, horn relay is defective or short circuit to positive"" Water has entered the horn and caused it to fail internally (shorted out)."
Vehicles covered
- 2014 BMW 228I
- 2015 BMW 228I
- 2016 BMW 228I
- 2013 BMW 320I
- 2014 BMW 320I
- 2015 BMW 320I
- 2016 BMW 320I
- 2014 BMW 328D
- 2015 BMW 328D
- 2016 BMW 328D
- 2012 BMW 328I
- 2013 BMW 328I
- 2014 BMW 328I
- 2015 BMW 328I
- 2016 BMW 328I
- 2016 BMW 330E
- 2012 BMW 335I
- 2013 BMW 335I
- 2014 BMW 335I
- 2015 BMW 335I
- 2016 BMW 335I
- 2016 BMW 340I
- 2014 BMW 428I
- 2015 BMW 428I
- 2016 BMW 428I
- 2014 BMW 435I
- 2015 BMW 435I
- 2016 BMW 435I
- 2013 BMW Activehybrid 3
- 2014 BMW Activehybrid 3
- 2015 BMW Activehybrid 3
- 2014 BMW M235I
- 2015 BMW M235I
- 2016 BMW M235I
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.