BMW 228I 2015–2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B320316 · NHTSA communication 10151174 · issued Mar 1, 2016
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Steering
component
2015–2016
model years
19
vehicle entries
Official summary
Vibrations Felt In Steering Wheel Only When Steering Wheel Heating Is Active. The customer states there is a small twitch/pulse of the steering wheel (1 second intervals) when the steering wheel heating is active. Note: The complaint is more noticeable with a cold steering wheel and vehicle voltage higher than 14 volts. Steering wheel control unit
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.