BMW 525D Xdrive 2007–2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 121015 · NHTSA communication 10147600 · issued Jan 1, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine
component
2007–2015
model years
45
vehicle entries
Official summary
"SUBJECT N63: CBS Oil Service Conversion in ISTA/P. The CBS oil service conversion being performed for the N63 Customer Car Package and timing chain check (SI B11 16 14) does not work correctly. It does not change the interval to the desired 12 months/10,000 miles for the vehicles listed above in the specified production ranges. The ""Conversion, oil service 12months/15,000km/10,000 miles"" is working properly for all other N63 vehicles produced after these dates. Incorrect coding data in the current ISTA/P version"
Vehicles covered
- 2014 BMW 525D Xdrive
- 2011 BMW 528I
- 2011 BMW 535I
- 2011 BMW 535I US
- 2011 BMW 550I
- 2012 BMW 740I
- 2013 BMW 740I
- 2014 BMW 740I
- 2015 BMW 740I
- 2011 BMW 740I US
- 2009 BMW 750I
- 2010 BMW 750I
- 2011 BMW 750I
- 2012 BMW 750I
- 2013 BMW 750I
- 2014 BMW 750I
- 2015 BMW 750I
- 2009 BMW 750LI
- 2010 BMW 750LI
- 2010 BMW 760LI
- 2011 BMW Activehybrid 7
- 2012 BMW Activehybrid 7
- 2014 BMW Activehybrid 7
- 2007 BMW X5
- 2008 BMW X5
- 2009 BMW X5
- 2010 BMW X5
- 2011 BMW X5
- 2012 BMW X5
- 2013 BMW X5
- 2010 BMW X5 M
- 2011 BMW X5 M
- 2012 BMW X5 M
- 2008 BMW X6
- 2009 BMW X6
- 2010 BMW X6
- 2011 BMW X6
- 2012 BMW X6
- 2013 BMW X6
- 2014 BMW X6
- 2010 BMW X6 Activehybrid Sac
- 2011 BMW X6 Activehybrid Sac
- 2010 BMW X6 M
- 2011 BMW X6 M
- 2012 BMW X6 M
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.