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BMW X7 2023technical service bulletin

Bulletin B520920 · NHTSA communication 10246300 · issued Nov 22, 2023

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seats
component
2023
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Various concerns about the third row of seats: 1. Head restraint (aka headrest), on one or both sides, cannot be folded down. 2. Third-row seating, on one or both sides, cannot be folded down. 3. Noise from third-row seat backrest when the vehicle goes over bumps.

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.