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BMW Alpina XB7 2019–2023technical service bulletin

Bulletin B652023 · NHTSA communication 10242531 · issued Aug 1, 2023

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Back Over Prevention
component
2019–2023
model years
17
vehicle entries

Official summary

?During workshop repairs with software updates, certain customer vehicles may be changed to BMW Operating System 8.5 and returned to customers without making them aware of the change.

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.