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BMW i3 2014–2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin B611017 · NHTSA communication 10146646 · issued Apr 1, 2017

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2014–2017
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

SME FAULT CODE 21F0D2 What's New: ? The Procedure has been updated with programming the vehicle when fault code 21F0D2 is stored in the SME. The following Check Control message (CCM) was displayed to the customer: "Drive. Check as soon as possible" (CCM ID: 49) Erroneous fault or hardware defect in the safety box (S-Box)."

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.