BMW R 1250 GS Adventure 2016–2021 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B340820 · NHTSA communication 10181224 · issued Sep 1, 2020
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2016–2021
model years
13
vehicle entries
Official summary
SERVICE ACTION - PROGRAM THE BODY DOMAIN CONTROL (BDC) UNIT: Aftermarket scan tools cannot read fault codes in the Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) unit via the On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) socket. The DSC data is not processed correctly in the BDC and therefore cannot transmit any diagnostic requests via the OBD using aftermarket scan tools.
Vehicles covered
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.