BMW 320I 2012–2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B651715 · NHTSA communication 10147784 · issued Oct 1, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2012–2016
model years
22
vehicle entries
Official summary
"Active Sound Design ASD inoperative after programming. After programming with ISTA/P V3.56.1 Active Sound Design (ASD) no longer provides simulated engine sounds A fault is stored in the ASD module. Fault Code 8053A5 ""ASD; invalid coding data for equalizing"" Invalid ASD coding data"
Vehicles covered
- 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
- 2013 BMW Active Hybrid 3
- 2014 BMW Active Hybrid 3
- 2015 BMW Active Hybrid 3
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.