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BMW X5 2016technical service bulletin

Bulletin B124615 · NHTSA communication 10147866 · issued Dec 1, 2015

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2016
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Service Action: Program PHEV Control Units. The DME (Digital Motor Electronics) software is not sufficiently robust and may lead to sporadic fault code entries.

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.