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BMW 530E 2016–2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin B240119 · NHTSA communication 10153746 · issued Jan 1, 2019

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2016–2018
model years
9
vehicle entries

Official summary

Check control message call breakdown assist. Drive is defective. A red-colored check control indicator (id 170) can appear.

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.