BMW 228I 2014–2018 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B340517 · NHTSA communication 10146758 · issued Sep 1, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Service Brakes, Hydraulic
component
2014–2018
model years
21
vehicle entries
Official summary
TICKING NOISE WHILE CORNERING WITHOUT THE BRAKES APPLIED. Ticking noise coming from front wheel while cornering without brakes applied; noticeable at low speeds. Vehicle must be moving. Microscopic slippage of contact surface interface between inner brake disc and wheel bearing flange on vehicles equipped with lightweight brake disc.
Vehicles covered
- 2014 BMW 228I
- 2015 BMW 228I
- 2016 BMW 228I
- 2017 BMW 230I
- 2018 BMW 230I
- 2018 BMW 530E
- 2017 BMW 530I
- 2018 BMW 530I
- 2018 BMW 540D
- 2017 BMW 540I
- 2017 BMW 550I
- 2016 BMW 750LI
- 2017 BMW F800 R
- 2014 BMW M235I
- 2015 BMW M235I
- 2016 BMW M235I
- 2017 BMW M240I
- 2018 BMW M240I
- 2017 BMW R 1200 GS Adventure
- 2018 BMW R1200 S Adventure
- 2017 BMW R Nine T
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.