BMW 3 Series 2006–2007 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SI-B-84-05-08 · NHTSA communication 10028390 · issued Sep 1, 2008
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2006–2007
model years
8
vehicle entries
Official summary
Bmw: the telematics control unit (tcu) in vehicles may not have been properly activated. This causes the manual and automatic emergency call and roadside call (bmw assist) not to function. Models e53, e60, e90, e83 are affected. *pe
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.