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BMW X5 2019technical service bulletin

Bulletin B520219 · NHTSA communication 10160344 · issued Apr 1, 2019

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seats
component
2019
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

DRIVERS SEAT AND FRONT PASSENGER SEAT CANNOT BE ADJUSTED BACKWARDS. The customer is complaining that the driver's seat and/or the front passenger seat cannot be adjusted backwards. Software error in the seat module(s).

Vehicles covered

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.