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BMW 528I 2009–2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin B621015 · NHTSA communication 10147831 · issued Nov 1, 2015

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2009–2016
model years
60
vehicle entries

Official summary

"Instrument Cluster display inoperative FC B7F689. The Instrument Cluster (Kombi) is intermittently inoperative with fault code B7F689 ""display backlighting and graphics PCB switched off"" stored. Kombi software."

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.