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BMW X5 2014–2015technical service bulletin

Bulletin 250113 · NHTSA communication 10147931 · issued Jan 1, 2014

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2014–2015
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Gear Selector (GWS) Cannot Be Moved Into Sport or Manual Mode. Intermittently the gear selector switch cannot be moved into the left sport or manual position. It is still possible to shift the vehicle from Park to Reverse, Drive or Neutral. Internal fault in the GWS

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.