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BMW X5 2018–2021technical service bulletin

Bulletin B510122 · NHTSA communication 10208179 · issued Jan 1, 2022

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2018–2021
model years
10
vehicle entries

Official summary

Due to a manufacturing defect, the vehicles were built without the engine oil label. The label shows the oil viscosity.

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.