BMW X5 2010–2014 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B110516 · NHTSA communication 10151246 · issued Apr 1, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2010–2014
model years
9
vehicle entries
Official summary
"The crankcase ventilation connection line may deteriorate prematurely causing any of the following: vacuum leak various fault codes related to mixture control stored in the DME customer complaints about rough idle speed Check Engine Light illumination. AFFECTED VEHICLES This Service Action involves certain E70 X5 M and E71 X6 M vehicles produced from March 1, 2011 to July 23, 2014. Vehicles which require this Service Action to be completed will show it as ""Open"" when checked either in the ""Service Menu"" of DCSnet (Dealer Communication System) or with the Key Reader."
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.