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BMW 320I 2012–2013technical service bulletin

Bulletin 651012 · NHTSA communication 10162433 · issued Jul 12, 2019

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2012–2013
model years
7
vehicle entries

Official summary

"Headunit-Basic: CID is blank and "NO SIGNAL" is Displayed. Intermittently the Central Information Display (CID) is blank and "NO SIGNAL" is displayed on the CID. Fault Code B7F8C3 "no response from CID (HW error: loss of CID communication)" is stored in the HU-B Error in the Headunit-Basic (HU-B), also called Radio Professional or ENTRY head unit."

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.