BMW 528I 2012–2013 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 240812 · NHTSA communication 10150370 · issued Dec 1, 2012
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2012–2013
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Transmission Intermittently Goes into Park During an MSA Engine Start. The transmission can intermittently go into the Park position (P) when an MSA engine start is occurring. A drive gear can be selected in order to drive away, and no relevant faults are stored. This problem is very sporadic, can be difficult to reproduce, and usually only began after the vehicle was programmed with ISTA/P versions 2.47.1 through 2.48.1. Vehicle integration levels affected: F010-12-07-531 F010-12-07-533 F010-12-11-501 F010-12-11-502 All F10 N20 vehicles produced July 2012 and later are not affected, regardles
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.