BMW X5 2019 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B611418 · NHTSA communication 10149538 · issued Oct 1, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2019
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
DELIVERY STOP: NEGATIVE BATTERY CABLE. A Delivery Stop has been issued (effective September 28, 2018) on Model Year 2019 BMW X5 vehicles that have been produced from July 11 (SOP) - September 24, 2018. The intelligent battery sensor (IBS), which is part of the negative battery cable, may not have been produced to specfications. Therefore, the negative battery cable will be need to be replaced. Approximately 1,209 vehicles are affected by this delivery stop. Affected vehicles show the campaign as "Open" when checked either in Warranty Vehicle Inquiry, AIR or ISPA Next and identified with the de
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.