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BMW i3 2014–2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin B650720 · NHTSA communication 10174030 · issued Apr 1, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2014–2020
model years
13
vehicle entries

Official summary

VEHICLE SOUND GENERATOR IS DIFFERENT AND LOUDER AFTER PROGRAMMING: Vehicles sound is different and louder after programming to an Integration level (I-level) between I001-1911-500 and I001-19-11-556. Software in the Vehicle Sound Generator (VSG).

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.