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BMW 525D Xdrive 2012–2014technical service bulletin

Bulletin B840716 · NHTSA communication 10150984 · issued Jan 1, 2017

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2012–2014
model years
45
vehicle entries

Official summary

?After programming with ISTA/P 3.55.0 or a more recent version, the customer can no longer send ?Edit start time? signal for climate control system can only send an ?Activate now? signal for climate control system.

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.