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BMW i3 2014–2015technical service bulletin

Bulletin B510515 · NHTSA communication 10147677 · issued Mar 1, 2015

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2014–2015
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Groaning Noise when Opening and Closing Rear Doors. INFORMATION Covered under the terms of the BMW New Vehicle/SAV Limited Warranty. Repairing One Side https://www.bmwtis.net/tiscode/cgi-bin/bulletin.aspx?sie_path=/tsb/bulletins/htm_store/220...4/6/2015

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.