BMW 320I 2012–2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B651715 · NHTSA communication 10147784 · issued Oct 1, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
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 Activehybrid 3
- 2014 BMW Activehybrid 3
- 2015 BMW Activehybrid 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.