BMW 540D 2014–2020 — technical service bulletin

Bulletin B611617 · NHTSA communication 10170585 · issued Dec 1, 2019

Technical service bulletin

communication type

Equipment

component

2014–2020

model years

vehicle entries

Official summary

CHARGING SOCKET EMERGENCY RELEASE DAMAGED: The tensioning strap of the emergency charging socket release has been damaged. Charging Socket Emergency release (2). Possible reasons for damage to the emergency release tensioning strap are: Excessive force was required to operate the emergency release Improper routing of tensioning strap.

Vehicles covered

2020 BMW 540D
2014 BMW i3
2015 BMW i3
2016 BMW i3
2017 BMW i3
2018 BMW i3
2019 BMW i3

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.