BMW 550I 2010–2021 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B651312 · NHTSA communication 10204660 · issued Sep 1, 2021
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2010–2021
model years
60
vehicle entries
Official summary
The Headunit High (HU-H), also called NBT, began replacing the Car Information Computer (CIC) on certain MY2013 vehicles with option 609 (as of 7/2012 production). This uses map North America NEXT. The Headunit High 2 (HU-H2), also called NBT-EVO, superseded the NBT HU and was introduced in 3/2014. This uses map North America EVO. The Headunit High 3 (HU-H3, also called MGU) superseded the NBT-EVO starting with certain MY2019 vehicles with option code 6U3 Live Cockpit Professional or 6U2 Live Cockpit Plus. This uses map North America LIVE. The ENTRY Media/Navigation (HU-B) is the low line busi
Vehicles covered
- 2011 BMW 550I
- 2012 BMW 550I
- 2013 BMW 550I
- 2014 BMW 550I
- 2015 BMW 550I
- 2016 BMW 550I
- 2017 BMW 550I
- 2010 BMW 550I Gran Turismo
- 2011 BMW 550I Gran Turismo
- 2012 BMW 550I Gran Turismo
- 2017 BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo
- 2012 BMW 640I
- 2013 BMW 640I
- 2014 BMW 640I
- 2015 BMW 640I
- 2016 BMW 640I
- 2017 BMW 640I
- 2018 BMW 640I
- 2019 BMW 640I
- 2020 BMW 640I
- 2013 BMW Activehybrid 3
- 2014 BMW Activehybrid 3
- 2015 BMW Activehybrid 3
- 2012 BMW Activehybrid 5
- 2013 BMW Activehybrid 5
- 2011 BMW Activehybrid 7
- 2012 BMW Activehybrid 7
- 2013 BMW Activehybrid 7
- 2014 BMW Activehybrid 7
- 2015 BMW Activehybrid 7
- 2014 BMW i3
- 2015 BMW i3
- 2016 BMW i3
- 2017 BMW i3
- 2018 BMW i3
- 2019 BMW i3
- 2020 BMW i3
- 2021 BMW i3
- 2014 BMW i8
- 2015 BMW i8
- 2016 BMW i8
- 2017 BMW i8
- 2019 BMW i8
- 2020 BMW i8
- 2016 BMW M2
- 2017 BMW M2
- 2018 BMW M2
- 2019 BMW M2
- 2020 BMW M2
- 2021 BMW M2
- 2015 BMW M3
- 2016 BMW M3
- 2017 BMW M3
- 2018 BMW M3
- 2021 BMW M3
- 2015 BMW M4
- 2016 BMW M4
- 2017 BMW M4
- 2018 BMW M4
- 2019 BMW M4
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.