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BMW 530E 2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin B122718 · NHTSA communication 10149576 · issued Oct 1, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2018
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

SERVICE ACTION: PROGRAM THE CONTROL UNIT (DME). If a Valvetronic fault occurs, the catalytic converter heating intensity may be reduced. This situation will not generate a customer complaint. An error in the Digital Motor Electronics (DME) 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.