BMW 530E 2016–2019 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B660817 · NHTSA communication 10149545 · issued Oct 1, 2018
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Back Over Prevention
component
2016–2019
model years
17
vehicle entries
Official summary
REAR VIEW CAMERA FAILS TO DISPLAY IMAGE. Sporadically, when the rear view camera is activated, either via selecting reverse with the shift selector or by direct camera selection, no image appears in the display. Camera function returns after terminal change. Note: This error situation can rarely, if ever, be duplicated on demand. Head-unit interface software error for the rear view camera.
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.