BMW 330I 2016–2019 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B620819 · NHTSA communication 10164011 · issued Jul 1, 2019
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
2016–2019
model years
12
vehicle entries
Official summary
CC MESSAGE THAT FUEL TANK IS EMPTY AND RANGE IS ZERO WHILE THERE IS STILL FUEL: The customer states that sporadically the vehicle's remaining drive range is displayed as 0 miles even though the fuel level indicator (aka gas gauge) still indicates that there is sufficient fuel in the tank. There is also a Check Control message (CCM ID 286) displayed: "range 0. Please refuel" After the vehicle goes to sleep and restarts. The display functions normally. The correct remaining range is displayed Software error in the instrument cluster.
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.