BMW X5 1999–2024 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B522319 · NHTSA communication 10244258 · issued Oct 20, 2023
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seats
component
1999–2024
model years
57
vehicle entries
Official summary
Second seat row blocking access to third seat row, program seat modules. Visible stitching on first row sport seat. Third seat row backrest Bowden cable routing and length change.
Vehicles covered
- 1999 BMW X5
- 2000 BMW X5
- 2001 BMW X5
- 2002 BMW X5
- 2003 BMW X5
- 2004 BMW X5
- 2005 BMW X5
- 2006 BMW X5
- 2007 BMW X5
- 2008 BMW X5
- 2009 BMW X5
- 2010 BMW X5
- 2011 BMW X5
- 2012 BMW X5
- 2013 BMW X5
- 2014 BMW X5
- 2015 BMW X5
- 2016 BMW X5
- 2017 BMW X5
- 2018 BMW X5
- 2019 BMW X5
- 2020 BMW X5
- 2021 BMW X5
- 2022 BMW X5
- 2023 BMW X5
- 2024 BMW X5
- 2000 BMW X6
- 2001 BMW X6
- 2002 BMW X6
- 2003 BMW X6
- 2004 BMW X6
- 2005 BMW X6
- 2006 BMW X6
- 2007 BMW X6
- 2008 BMW X6
- 2009 BMW X6
- 2010 BMW X6
- 2011 BMW X6
- 2012 BMW X6
- 2013 BMW X6
- 2014 BMW X6
- 2015 BMW X6
- 2016 BMW X6
- 2017 BMW X6
- 2018 BMW X6
- 2019 BMW X6
- 2020 BMW X6
- 2021 BMW X6
- 2022 BMW X6
- 2023 BMW X6
- 2024 BMW X6
- 2019 BMW X7
- 2020 BMW X7
- 2021 BMW X7
- 2022 BMW X7
- 2023 BMW X7
- 2024 BMW X7
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.