BMW 530E 2016–2023 — technical service bulletin

Bulletin B320420 · NHTSA communication 10235181 · issued Mar 1, 2023

Technical service bulletin

communication type

Steering

component

2016–2023

model years

vehicle entries

Official summary

A groaning type noise is heard during the height adjustment.

Vehicles covered

2018 BMW 530E
2019 BMW 530E
2020 BMW 530E
2021 BMW 530E
2022 BMW 530E
2023 BMW 530E
2017 BMW 530I
2018 BMW 530I
2019 BMW 530I
2020 BMW 530I
2021 BMW 530I
2022 BMW 530I
2023 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
2022 BMW 540I
2023 BMW 540I
2018 BMW 640I
2019 BMW 640I
2020 BMW 640I
2017 BMW 740E
2018 BMW 740E
2019 BMW 740E
2017 BMW 740I
2018 BMW 740I
2019 BMW 740I
2020 BMW 740I
2021 BMW 740I
2022 BMW 740I
2016 BMW 740LI
2017 BMW 740LI
2020 BMW 745E
2021 BMW 745E
2022 BMW 745E
2018 BMW 750I
2019 BMW 750I
2016 BMW 750LI
2017 BMW 750LI
2018 BMW 750LI
2019 BMW 750LI
2020 BMW 750LI
2021 BMW 750LI
2022 BMW 750LI
2020 BMW 840I
2021 BMW 840I
2022 BMW 840I
2021 BMW Alpina XB7
2022 BMW Alpina XB7
2023 BMW Alpina XB7
2018 BMW B7 Alpina
2019 BMW B7 Alpina
2020 BMW B7 Alpina
2021 BMW B7 Alpina
2018 BMW M5

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.