BMW X5 2009–2013 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B130616 · NHTSA communication 10151080 · issued Feb 1, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2009–2013
model years
5
vehicle entries
Official summary
Certain air conditioning condensers must be replaced. Premature condenser failure due to corrosion. Replace the condenser if the vehicle contains the affected part number (9255983) AND the production date of the part falls on or before 11/11/13.
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.