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BMW 640I 2012–2014technical service bulletin

Bulletin 611313 · NHTSA communication 10150075 · issued Jun 1, 2013

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2012–2014
model years
8
vehicle entries

Official summary

"Service Action: Program Control Units (CAS). The Car Access System (CAS) was incorrectly coded with ISTA/P 2.49.2 or earlier, causing the anti-theft alarm system panic button on the remote control to stop functioning. AFFECTED VEHICLES This Service Action involves F12 vehicles which were produced from August 2010 to June 2012. 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 648. If code number 648 has been punched out, the campaign has already been performed. If code nu

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.