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BMW 530E 2016–2019technical service bulletin

Bulletin B540718 · NHTSA communication 10154854 · issued Feb 1, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Visibility
component
2016–2019
model years
19
vehicle entries

Official summary

PANORAMIC SUNROOF DOES NOT OPEN OR CLOSE. The panoramic sunroof will not open or close. The sunroof may only tilt with no other functions available. There are no faults stored for the panoramic sunroof. A software error in the Roof Function Center (FZD).

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.