BMW 530E 2016–2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B660717 · NHTSA communication 10145317 · issued Jul 1, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Latches/locks/linkages
component
2016–2018
model years
12
vehicle entries
Official summary
DEACTIVATION OF CONTACTLESS TAILGATE OPENING AND CLOSING: Customer desires to have contactless tailgate opening and closing (Smart Opener) deactivated.
Vehicles covered
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.