BMW 530E 2016–2022 — technical service bulletin

Bulletin SIB010121 · NHTSA communication 10215742 · issued May 1, 2022

Technical service bulletin

communication type

Equipment

component

2016–2022

model years

vehicle entries

Official summary

Note: Before performing a repair and submitting a claim, first confirm that the vehicle has the above Notice of Limited Warranty Extension in the DCSnet Warranty Inquiry Vehicle Comments section. If you have Extended Limited Warranty (ELW) eligibility and/or coverage questions, please contact the Warranty department through IDS by selecting Coverage, Policy, Coding Questions and Mileage Corrections prior to performing any repair.

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
2022 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
2021 BMW Alpina XB7
2022 BMW Alpina XB7
2018 BMW B7 Alpina
2019 BMW B7 Alpina
2020 BMW B7 Alpina
2018 BMW C 400 X
2017 BMW F800 R
2021 BMW F 850 GS Adventure
2022 BMW M5
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
2022 BMW R 1250 RT
2022 BMW R 18 Transcontinenta
2022 BMW S 1000 R

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.