BMW 530E 2016–2021 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B640721 · NHTSA communication 10204658 · issued Sep 1, 2021
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2016–2021
model years
56
vehicle entries
Official summary
Only warm air comes out of the vents despite the air conditioning being switched on. The status indicator LED on the air conditioning control panel (IHKA) lights up green.
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
- 2018 BMW B7 Alpina
- 2019 BMW B7 Alpina
- 2020 BMW B7 Alpina
- 2021 BMW B7 Alpina
- 2018 BMW C 400 X
- 2017 BMW F800 R
- 2021 BMW F 850 GS Adventure
- 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
- 2018 BMW X3
- 2019 BMW X3
- 2020 BMW X3
- 2021 BMW X3
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.