BMW X7 2024 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B520920 · NHTSA communication 11022107 · issued Aug 19, 2025
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seats
component
2024
model years
1
vehicle entries
Official summary
Various concerns about the third row of seats (3SR): 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.