BMW 128I 2008–2013 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 540810 · NHTSA communication 10162427 · issued Jul 10, 2019
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment Adaptive/mobility
component
2008–2013
model years
11
vehicle entries
Official summary
Convertible Top Does Not Open Properly. When opening the convertible top, the interior cover flap remains open. CAUSE: The cable for the flap operation is either kinked or dislodged.
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.