BMW X5 1999–2013 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SIB-61-05-12 · NHTSA communication 10051971 · issued Mar 1, 2013
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
1999–2013
model years
29
vehicle entries
Official summary
Bmw: batter discharged because of unfavorable driving profile. This is caused on short trips (less than 3 miles) or when the telephone or entertainment system is used for up to 30 minutes while vehicle is stationary. Models x5, x6 all model years affected. *kb
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
- 2008 BMW X5
- 2009 BMW X5
- 2010 BMW X5
- 2011 BMW X5
- 2012 BMW X5
- 2013 BMW X5
- 2007 BMW X5 Sav
- 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
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.