BMW 525D Xdrive 2011–2021 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B340515 · NHTSA communication 10184575 · issued Nov 1, 2020
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Suspension
component
2011–2021
model years
60
vehicle entries
Official summary
TICKING NOISE FROM THE FRONT AXLE WHEN CORNERING: The customer may complain of a metallic ticking noise from the front axle, when cornering, maneuvering, parking or pulling away from a parking space.
Vehicles covered
- 2014 BMW 525D Xdrive
- 2011 BMW 528I
- 2012 BMW 528I
- 2013 BMW 528I
- 2014 BMW 528I
- 2015 BMW 528I
- 2016 BMW 528I
- 2014 BMW 535D
- 2015 BMW 535D
- 2016 BMW 535D
- 2011 BMW 535I
- 2012 BMW 535I
- 2013 BMW 535I
- 2014 BMW 535I
- 2015 BMW 535I
- 2016 BMW 535I
- 2011 BMW 535I US
- 2011 BMW 550I
- 2012 BMW 550I
- 2013 BMW 550I
- 2014 BMW 550I
- 2015 BMW 550I
- 2016 BMW 550I
- 2012 BMW 640I
- 2013 BMW 640I
- 2014 BMW 640I
- 2015 BMW 640I
- 2016 BMW 640I
- 2017 BMW 640I
- 2018 BMW 640I
- 2019 BMW 640I
- 2012 BMW 650I
- 2013 BMW 650I
- 2014 BMW 650I
- 2015 BMW 650I
- 2016 BMW 650I
- 2017 BMW 650I
- 2018 BMW 650I
- 2012 BMW Activehybrid 5
- 2013 BMW Activehybrid 5
- 2015 BMW B7 Alpina
- 2016 BMW B7 Alpina
- 2016 BMW M2
- 2017 BMW M2
- 2018 BMW M2
- 2019 BMW M2
- 2020 BMW M2
- 2021 BMW M2
- 2015 BMW M3
- 2016 BMW M3
- 2017 BMW M3
- 2018 BMW M3
- 2015 BMW M4
- 2016 BMW M4
- 2017 BMW M4
- 2018 BMW M4
- 2019 BMW M4
- 2020 BMW M4
- 2013 BMW M5
- 2014 BMW M5
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.