BMW 530E 2017–2021 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B611421 · NHTSA communication 10205093 · issued Nov 1, 2021
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2017–2021
model years
38
vehicle entries
Official summary
The BMW Gesture Control function may fail permanently as a result of high temperature fluctuations.
Vehicles covered
- 2018 BMW 530E
- 2019 BMW 530E
- 2020 BMW 530E
- 2021 BMW 530E
- 2017 BMW 530I
- 2018 BMW 530I
- 2019 BMW 530I
- 2020 BMW 530I
- 2021 BMW 530I
- 2018 BMW 540D
- 2019 BMW 540D
- 2020 BMW 540D
- 2017 BMW 540I
- 2018 BMW 540I
- 2019 BMW 540I
- 2020 BMW 540I
- 2021 BMW 540I
- 2018 BMW C 400 X
- 2017 BMW F800 R
- 2021 BMW M3
- 2017 BMW M550I
- 2018 BMW M550I
- 2019 BMW M550I
- 2020 BMW M550I
- 2021 BMW M550I
- 2018 BMW X3
- 2019 BMW X3
- 2020 BMW X3
- 2021 BMW X3
- 2019 BMW X4
- 2020 BMW X4
- 2021 BMW X4
- 2019 BMW X5
- 2020 BMW X5
- 2021 BMW X5
- 2020 BMW X6
- 2021 BMW X6
- 2020 BMW X6 M
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.