BMW 740I 2009–2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 612013 · NHTSA communication 10148274 · issued Apr 1, 2014
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2009–2015
model years
34
vehicle entries
Official summary
"Service Action: Replace EMF Switch. An electrical malfunction in the EMF (Electromechanical Parking Brake) switch can cause an erroneous Check Control Message to be displayed. The parking brake functions properly. EMF switch hardware error AFFECTED VEHICLES This Service Action involves F01, F02 and F15 vehicles which were produced from June 2013 to October 2013. In order to determine whether a specific vehicle has had this Service Action completed or is affected by this Service Action, first check the B-pillar label for code number 658. If code number 658 has been punched out, the campaign ha
Vehicles covered
- 2012 BMW 740I
- 2013 BMW 740I
- 2014 BMW 740I
- 2015 BMW 740I
- 2011 BMW 740I US
- 2015 BMW 740LD
- 2011 BMW 740LI
- 2012 BMW 740LI
- 2013 BMW 740LI
- 2014 BMW 740LI
- 2015 BMW 740LI
- 2009 BMW 750I
- 2010 BMW 750I
- 2011 BMW 750I
- 2012 BMW 750I
- 2013 BMW 750I
- 2014 BMW 750I
- 2015 BMW 750I
- 2009 BMW 750LI
- 2010 BMW 750LI
- 2011 BMW 750LI
- 2012 BMW 750LI
- 2013 BMW 750LI
- 2014 BMW 750LI
- 2015 BMW 750LI
- 2010 BMW 760LI
- 2011 BMW 760LI
- 2012 BMW 760LI
- 2014 BMW 760LI
- 2015 BMW 760LI
- 2013 BMW Activehybrid 7
- 2014 BMW Activehybrid 7
- 2014 BMW X5
- 2015 BMW X5
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.