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BMW X5 2019–2020technical service bulletin

Bulletin B121020 · NHTSA communication 10178992 · issued Jul 1, 2020

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2019–2020
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

DELIVERY STOP - CHECK STARTER BOLT: BMW AG has issued a Delivery Stop (effective July 30, 2020) on a small number of Model Year 2020 BMW vehicles that were produced on July 10, 2020.

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.