BMW 535I 2010–2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B160415 · NHTSA communication 10152309 · issued Apr 1, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2010–2016
model years
21
vehicle entries
Official summary
Service Action: Program Control Units (SCR). The Selective Catalyst Reduction (SCR) control module can make an error when calculating the DEF line pressure. This could cause the Service Engine Soon light (MIL) to come on with a pressure plausibility fault stored in the SCR module.
Vehicles covered
- 2013 BMW 535I
- 2014 BMW 535I
- 2015 BMW 535I
- 2016 BMW 535I
- 2011 BMW 535I Gran Turismo
- 2012 BMW 535I Gran Turismo
- 2013 BMW 550I
- 2014 BMW 550I
- 2015 BMW 550I
- 2016 BMW 550I
- 2010 BMW 550I Gran Turismo
- 2011 BMW 550I Gran Turismo
- 2012 BMW 550I Gran Turismo
- 2015 BMW X3
- 2016 BMW X3
- 2011 BMW X5
- 2012 BMW X5
- 2013 BMW X5
- 2014 BMW X5
- 2015 BMW X5
- 2016 BMW X5
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.