BMW M3 2015–2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B513018 · NHTSA communication 10153637 · issued Jan 1, 2019
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment Adaptive/mobility
component
2015–2018
model years
7
vehicle entries
Official summary
Groaning noise from the center console.
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.