BMW 228I 2014–2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B651316 · NHTSA communication 10145316 · issued Jun 1, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2014–2018
model years
60
vehicle entries
Official summary
COMPONENT PROTECTION ACTIVE. HEAD UNITS CANNOT BE SWAPPED BETWEEN VEHICLES FOR TESTING.: If either the head unit (NBT-EVO or ENTRY-NAV-EVO) or the Body Domain Controller (BDC) are swapped into a different vehicle they will cause the head unit to enter a locked mode once it recognizes a different VIN.
Vehicles covered
- 2015 BMW 228I
- 2016 BMW 228I
- 2017 BMW 230I
- 2018 BMW 230I
- 2015 BMW 320I
- 2016 BMW 320I
- 2017 BMW 320I
- 2018 BMW 320I
- 2015 BMW 328D
- 2016 BMW 328D
- 2017 BMW 328D
- 2018 BMW 328D
- 2015 BMW 328I
- 2016 BMW 328I
- 2016 BMW 330E
- 2017 BMW 330E
- 2018 BMW 330E
- 2017 BMW 330I
- 2018 BMW 330I
- 2015 BMW 335I
- 2016 BMW 335I
- 2016 BMW 340I
- 2017 BMW 340I
- 2018 BMW 340I
- 2015 BMW 428I
- 2016 BMW 428I
- 2017 BMW 430I
- 2018 BMW 430I
- 2015 BMW 435I
- 2016 BMW 435I
- 2017 BMW 440I
- 2018 BMW 440I
- 2018 BMW 530E
- 2017 BMW 530I
- 2018 BMW 530I
- 2018 BMW 540D
- 2017 BMW 540I
- 2018 BMW 540I
- 2016 BMW 640I
- 2017 BMW 640I
- 2018 BMW 640I
- 2016 BMW 650I
- 2017 BMW 650I
- 2018 BMW 650I
- 2017 BMW 740LE
- 2018 BMW 740LE
- 2016 BMW 740LI
- 2017 BMW 740LI
- 2018 BMW 740LI
- 2016 BMW 750LI
- 2017 BMW 750LI
- 2018 BMW 750LI
- 2014 BMW i3
- 2015 BMW i3
- 2016 BMW i3
- 2017 BMW i3
- 2018 BMW i3
- 2014 BMW i8
- 2015 BMW i8
- 2016 BMW i8
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.