BMW 525 1991–2003 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B122917 · NHTSA communication 10135028 · issued Dec 1, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
1991–2003
model years
60
vehicle entries
Official summary
SERVICE ACTION: PROGRAM DME: The incorrect dataset could be programmed into DME 5.2.1 control module.
Vehicles covered
- 1996 BMW 525
- 1997 BMW 525
- 1998 BMW 525
- 2001 BMW 525
- 2001 BMW 525I
- 2002 BMW 525I
- 2003 BMW 525I
- 1995 BMW 528I
- 1996 BMW 528I
- 1997 BMW 528I
- 1998 BMW 528I
- 1999 BMW 528I
- 2000 BMW 528I
- 1999 BMW 530
- 2001 BMW 530
- 2002 BMW 530
- 2001 BMW 530I
- 2002 BMW 530I
- 2003 BMW 530I
- 1996 BMW 535
- 1995 BMW 540I
- 1996 BMW 540I
- 1997 BMW 540I
- 1998 BMW 540I
- 1999 BMW 540I
- 2000 BMW 540I
- 2001 BMW 540I
- 2002 BMW 540I
- 2003 BMW 540I
- 1991 BMW 5 Series
- 1992 BMW 5 Series
- 1993 BMW 5 Series
- 1994 BMW 5 Series
- 1995 BMW 5 Series
- 1996 BMW 5 Series
- 1997 BMW 5 Series
- 1998 BMW 5 Series
- 1999 BMW 5 Series
- 2000 BMW 5 Series
- 2001 BMW 5 Series
- 2002 BMW 5 Series
- 2003 BMW 5 Series
- 1993 BMW 730I
- 1994 BMW 730I
- 1996 BMW 735
- 1997 BMW 735
- 1993 BMW 740I
- 1994 BMW 740I
- 1995 BMW 740I
- 1996 BMW 740I
- 1997 BMW 740I
- 1998 BMW 740I
- 1999 BMW 740I
- 2000 BMW 740I
- 2001 BMW 740I
- 1994 BMW 740IL
- 1995 BMW 740IL
- 1996 BMW 740IL
- 1997 BMW 740IL
- 1998 BMW 740IL
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.