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BMW 5 Series 2011technical service bulletin

Bulletin B650425 · NHTSA communication 11014517 · issued Feb 20, 2025

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Air Bags
component
2011
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Vehicle has the air bag warning lamp on after a body shop has made repairs. There is a fault code stored in the air bag control module ACSM3: 930A5B airbag sensor, door, front left: open circuit 30A65 airbag sensor, door, front right: open circuit

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.