BMW X5 2014–2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 630913 · NHTSA communication 10147926 · issued Mar 1, 2014
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Interior Lighting
component
2014–2015
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
"Various Interior Ambient Light Malfunctions Occur. The interior ambient light malfunctions with one or more of the following symptoms present: 1. The ambient light in the door trim lights up in the wrong color (LED module). 2. The ambient light is brighter on one side in the dash panel than on the other. 3. One of the ambient lights does not light up on the driver's side of the dash panel or door panel. 4. A group of ambient lights is malfunctioning. CAUSE One of the following could be the root cause: a. Remove the affected door trim panel for inspection per ISTA Repair Instruction 5141000, "
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.