BMW X5 2014–2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 511913 · NHTSA communication 10147938 · issued Jan 1, 2014
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2014–2015
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Service Action: Missing Front License Plate Bracket. Affected vehicles have been identified as being delivered within the state of California, which requires a front license plate to be affixed. The SAV center must install the bracket to the front bumper in anticipation of affixing the license plate.
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.