BMW 530E 2017–2020 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B511818 · NHTSA communication 10179816 · issued Aug 1, 2020
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Latches/locks/linkages
component
2017–2020
model years
31
vehicle entries
Official summary
DOORS WILL NOT COMPLETELY LATCH: One or more doors will not completely latch or will open to the first stage at times. The door lock strikers may be misadjusted.
Vehicles covered
- 2018 BMW 530E
- 2019 BMW 530E
- 2020 BMW 530E
- 2017 BMW 530I
- 2018 BMW 530I
- 2019 BMW 530I
- 2020 BMW 530I
- 2018 BMW 540D
- 2019 BMW 540D
- 2020 BMW 540D
- 2017 BMW 540I
- 2018 BMW 540I
- 2019 BMW 540I
- 2020 BMW 540I
- 2018 BMW 640I
- 2019 BMW 640I
- 2020 BMW 640I
- 2018 BMW C 400 X
- 2017 BMW F800 R
- 2018 BMW M5
- 2019 BMW M5
- 2020 BMW M5
- 2017 BMW M550I
- 2018 BMW M550I
- 2019 BMW M550I
- 2020 BMW M550I
- 2018 BMW X3
- 2019 BMW X3
- 2020 BMW X3
- 2019 BMW X4
- 2020 BMW X4
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.