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BMW 7 Series 1994–2008technical service bulletin

Bulletin SI-B72-01-09 · NHTSA communication 10029964 · issued Mar 1, 2009

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Seat Belts
component
1994–2008
model years
15
vehicle entries

Official summary

Bmw: the safety belts for the front seats have an electric motor-driven reel (ema) which will retract/pretension the seat belt a specified amount when certain hazardous driving situations are present. *pe

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.