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BMW 128I 2004–2015technical service bulletin

Bulletin 650514 · NHTSA communication 10148276 · issued Apr 1, 2014

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2004–2015
model years
60
vehicle entries

Official summary

Traffic Information Is Inoperative. The traffic information is intermittently or permanently inoperative. * Traffic flow is not displayed on the navigation map. * The traffic list is empty. 1. The Offboard Availability (backend) system is unavailable and is not sending traffic information. 2. The traffic information feature is not activated correctly.

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.