BMW 525D Xdrive 2014–2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 511514 · NHTSA communication 10148118 · issued Jul 1, 2014
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2014–2015
model years
26
vehicle entries
Official summary
Service Action: Replace Center Console Lock Cylinder. The center console lock cylinder is loose. Manufacturing tolerances of the center console lock cover cap may cause it to become loose or missing. AFFECTED VEHICLES This Service Action involves F01, F02, F06, F07, F12 and F13 vehicles produced from March 7, 2014 to April 23, 2014. First check if a Service Action label with a code number 688 is already attached to the B-pillar. If a code number 688 has been punched out, the Service Action has already been performed and no further action is necessary. Vehicles which require this Service Action
Vehicles covered
- 2014 BMW 525D Xdrive
- 2014 BMW 535I
- 2015 BMW 535I
- 2014 BMW 550I
- 2015 BMW 550I
- 2014 BMW 640I
- 2015 BMW 640I
- 2014 BMW 650I
- 2015 BMW 650I
- 2014 BMW 740I
- 2015 BMW 740I
- 2015 BMW 740LD
- 2014 BMW 740LI
- 2015 BMW 740LI
- 2014 BMW 750I
- 2015 BMW 750I
- 2014 BMW 750LI
- 2015 BMW 750LI
- 2014 BMW 760LI
- 2015 BMW 760LI
- 2015 BMW Activehybrid 3
- 2014 BMW Activehybrid 7
- 2015 BMW F800 R
- 2014 BMW M6
- 2015 BMW M6
- 2015 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.