BMW X5 2019–2021 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SIB160221 · NHTSA communication 10204622 · issued Jul 1, 2021
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Other
component
2019–2021
model years
3
vehicle entries
Official summary
The hose clamp connecting the fuel filler pipe to the fuel tank may have been positioned incorrectly. Furthermore, owing to its larger outer diameter, the filler pipe installed in the vehicle cannot be positioned up to the end position in the connecting hose.
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.