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BMW 530E 2016–2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin B610320 · NHTSA communication 10174018 · issued Apr 1, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2016–2020
model years
43
vehicle entries

Official summary

MIL MAY BE ILLUMINATED BY ERRONEOUS FAULT IN THE DME: The customer states that the malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) is illuminated. During diagnosis fault code 231507 "BDC RESET by watchdog" stored in the DME. CAUSE Software error in the Body Domain Control (BDC) unit.

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.