BMW 530E 2016–2023 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B640821 · NHTSA communication 10239614 · issued Jun 1, 2023
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Visibility
component
2016–2023
model years
60
vehicle entries
Official summary
The air conditioning cycles from cold to warm air while driving or while at a stand still. The vent outlet temperatures vary by 25 degrees Fahrenheit or more (38 F to 60 F +) without changing any climate control settings.
Vehicles covered
- 2018 BMW 530E
- 2019 BMW 530E
- 2020 BMW 530E
- 2021 BMW 530E
- 2022 BMW 530E
- 2023 BMW 530E
- 2017 BMW 530I
- 2018 BMW 530I
- 2019 BMW 530I
- 2020 BMW 530I
- 2021 BMW 530I
- 2022 BMW 530I
- 2023 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
- 2022 BMW 540I
- 2023 BMW 540I
- 2018 BMW 640I
- 2019 BMW 640I
- 2020 BMW 640I
- 2017 BMW 740E
- 2018 BMW 740E
- 2019 BMW 740E
- 2017 BMW 740I
- 2018 BMW 740I
- 2019 BMW 740I
- 2020 BMW 740I
- 2021 BMW 740I
- 2022 BMW 740I
- 2016 BMW 740LI
- 2017 BMW 740LI
- 2020 BMW 745E
- 2021 BMW 745E
- 2022 BMW 745E
- 2018 BMW 750I
- 2019 BMW 750I
- 2016 BMW 750LI
- 2017 BMW 750LI
- 2018 BMW 750LI
- 2019 BMW 750LI
- 2020 BMW 750LI
- 2021 BMW 750LI
- 2022 BMW 750LI
- 2020 BMW 840I
- 2021 BMW 840I
- 2022 BMW 840I
- 2021 BMW Alpina XB7
- 2022 BMW Alpina XB7
- 2023 BMW Alpina XB7
- 2018 BMW B7 Alpina
- 2019 BMW B7 Alpina
- 2020 BMW B7 Alpina
- 2021 BMW B7 Alpina
- 2018 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.