BMW 530E 2017–2021 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B511921 · NHTSA communication 10205089 · issued Nov 1, 2021
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2017–2021
model years
28
vehicle entries
Official summary
A faulty componnent inside the trunk spindle drive.
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
- 2018 BMW C 400 X
- 2017 BMW F800 R
- 2018 BMW M5
- 2019 BMW M5
- 2020 BMW M5
- 2021 BMW M5
- 2017 BMW M550I
- 2018 BMW M550I
- 2019 BMW M550I
- 2020 BMW M550I
- 2021 BMW M550I
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.