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BMW 325I 2006–2013technical service bulletin

Bulletin B121116 · NHTSA communication 10151255 · issued Apr 1, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2006–2013
model years
49
vehicle entries

Official summary

ISTA/P Cannot Program an E-Series N55 Replacement DME. ISTA/P fails when attempting to program a replacement DME (MEVD172) on BN2000 E-Series vehicles with the Continental HPP. Part number: 12 14 8 618 483. DME logistic error between the replacement hardware and basic software prevents correct programming with ISTA/P.

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.