BMW 530E 2016–2020 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B512119 · NHTSA communication 10177627 · issued Jun 1, 2020
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2016–2020
model years
51
vehicle entries
Official summary
ACTIVE AIR FLAP FAULT DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR: A check control message or MIL (Malfunction Indicator Lamp) may be illuminated, with faults stored related to the upper and/or lower active air flap(s).
Vehicles covered
- 2018 BMW 530E
- 2019 BMW 530E
- 2020 BMW 530E
- 2017 BMW 530I
- 2018 BMW 530I
- 2019 BMW 530I
- 2020 BMW 530I
- 2018 BMW 540D
- 2019 BMW 540D
- 2020 BMW 540D
- 2017 BMW 540I
- 2018 BMW 540I
- 2019 BMW 540I
- 2020 BMW 540I
- 2018 BMW 640I
- 2019 BMW 640I
- 2020 BMW 640I
- 2017 BMW 740E
- 2018 BMW 740E
- 2019 BMW 740E
- 2017 BMW 740I
- 2018 BMW 740I
- 2019 BMW 740I
- 2020 BMW 740I
- 2016 BMW 740LI
- 2017 BMW 740LI
- 2020 BMW 745E
- 2018 BMW 750I
- 2019 BMW 750I
- 2016 BMW 750LI
- 2017 BMW 750LI
- 2018 BMW 750LI
- 2019 BMW 750LI
- 2018 BMW B7 Alpina
- 2019 BMW B7 Alpina
- 2020 BMW B7 Alpina
- 2018 BMW C 400 X
- 2017 BMW F800 R
- 2017 BMW M550I
- 2018 BMW M550I
- 2019 BMW M550I
- 2020 BMW M550I
- 2017 BMW M760I
- 2018 BMW M760I
- 2019 BMW M760I
- 2020 BMW M760I
- 2018 BMW X3
- 2019 BMW X3
- 2020 BMW X3
- 2019 BMW X4
- 2020 BMW X4
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.