BMW 530E 2016–2021 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B121320 · NHTSA communication 10186214 · issued Dec 1, 2020
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2016–2021
model years
60
vehicle entries
Official summary
REPLACE ALL THE IGNITION COILS: The ignition coils may not have been produced to specifications which could lead to irregular running of the engine. A manufacturing defect affecting the ignition coil insulation.
Vehicles covered
- 2018 BMW 530E
- 2019 BMW 530E
- 2020 BMW 530E
- 2021 BMW 530E
- 2017 BMW 530I
- 2018 BMW 530I
- 2019 BMW 530I
- 2020 BMW 530I
- 2021 BMW 530I
- 2018 BMW 540D
- 2019 BMW 540D
- 2020 BMW 540D
- 2017 BMW 540I
- 2018 BMW 540I
- 2019 BMW 540I
- 2020 BMW 540I
- 2021 BMW 540I
- 2017 BMW 740E
- 2018 BMW 740E
- 2019 BMW 740E
- 2017 BMW 740I
- 2018 BMW 740I
- 2019 BMW 740I
- 2020 BMW 740I
- 2021 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
- 2021 BMW 750LI
- 2020 BMW 840I
- 2021 BMW 840I
- 2018 BMW B7 Alpina
- 2019 BMW B7 Alpina
- 2020 BMW B7 Alpina
- 2021 BMW B7 Alpina
- 2017 BMW M550I
- 2018 BMW M550I
- 2019 BMW M550I
- 2020 BMW M550I
- 2021 BMW M550I
- 2017 BMW M760I
- 2018 BMW M760I
- 2019 BMW M760I
- 2020 BMW M760I
- 2021 BMW M760I
- 2020 BMW M850I
- 2021 BMW M850I
- 2020 BMW M8 Gran Coupe
- 2019 BMW X5
- 2020 BMW X5
- 2021 BMW X5
- 2021 BMW X6
- 2020 BMW X6 M
- 2019 BMW X7
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.