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BMW 320I 2012–2019technical service bulletin

Bulletin B122716 · NHTSA communication 10149575 · issued Oct 1, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2012–2019
model years
49
vehicle entries

Official summary

DIAGNOSING NON FUNCTIONING eDRIVE. * Vehicle will not go into "eDrive" * No pertinent electric drivetrain fault codes to assist with diagnosis * "eDrive" may be greyed-out in the Central Information Display (CID) and is not selectable * MSA deactivation * 12 volt battery failure * Intelligent Battery Sensor (IBS) failure.

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.