BMW X5 2019–2022 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B510222 · NHTSA communication 10212791 · issued Apr 1, 2022
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2019–2022
model years
8
vehicle entries
Official summary
In the affected vehicles, faulty spindle drives for the tailgate (lower section) may have been installed, which can fail over time.
Vehicles covered
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.