BMW 1 Series M 2009–2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B841117 · NHTSA communication 10135054 · issued Feb 1, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2009–2018
model years
60
vehicle entries
Official summary
BMW APPS RANDOMLY STARTS PLAYING ON ITS OWN: While listening to FM, or AM, or Satellite Radio (SDARs), the audio source randomly switches to BMW Apps (Pandora, Spotify, Audible etc.) with no input from driver or passenger.
Vehicles covered
- 2012 BMW 1 Series M
- 2013 BMW 1 Series M
- 2014 BMW 228I
- 2015 BMW 228I
- 2016 BMW 228I
- 2017 BMW 230I
- 2013 BMW 320I
- 2014 BMW 320I
- 2015 BMW 320I
- 2016 BMW 320I
- 2017 BMW 320I
- 2014 BMW 328D
- 2015 BMW 328D
- 2016 BMW 328D
- 2017 BMW 328D
- 2012 BMW 328I
- 2013 BMW 328I
- 2014 BMW 328I
- 2015 BMW 328I
- 2016 BMW 328I
- 2017 BMW 330E
- 2017 BMW 330I
- 2012 BMW 335I
- 2013 BMW 335I
- 2014 BMW 335I
- 2015 BMW 335I
- 2016 BMW 335I
- 2016 BMW 340I
- 2017 BMW 340I
- 2014 BMW 428I
- 2015 BMW 428I
- 2016 BMW 428I
- 2017 BMW 430I
- 2018 BMW 430I
- 2014 BMW 435I
- 2015 BMW 435I
- 2016 BMW 435I
- 2017 BMW 440I
- 2018 BMW 440I
- 2014 BMW 525D Xdrive
- 2011 BMW 528I
- 2012 BMW 528I
- 2013 BMW 528I
- 2014 BMW 528I
- 2015 BMW 528I
- 2016 BMW 528I
- 2017 BMW 530I
- 2014 BMW 535D
- 2016 BMW 535D
- 2012 BMW 535I
- 2013 BMW 535I
- 2014 BMW 535I
- 2016 BMW 535I
- 2012 BMW 535I Activehybrid
- 2011 BMW 535I US
- 2017 BMW 540I
- 2011 BMW 550I
- 2012 BMW 550I
- 2013 BMW 550I
- 2014 BMW 550I
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.