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BMW 228I 2012–2015technical service bulletin

Bulletin B650116 · NHTSA communication 10151114 · issued Feb 1, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2012–2015
model years
24
vehicle entries

Official summary

SUBJECT Entry Head Unit Resets After Pairing a Bluetooth Phone. The Entry Head Unit may reset after pairing an Iphone or Android phone via Bluetooth to the vehicle. Incompatibility between stored characters in the phone (emoticon/emoji) and the Head Unit. See SI B84 03 12 about emoticon's effects on the vehicle.

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.