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BMW X5 2024technical service bulletin

Bulletin B520925 · NHTSA communication 11020931 · issued Jul 22, 2025

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2024
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

The seat lumbar system “Massage” will not function if the module needs to be initialized. This can occur toeither the driver’s and/or passenger side seat. Here is a list of possible faults: Seat pneumatics module front right SPNM _ VR 025908 - SPNMVR: Control unit is not coded 02590B - SPNMVR: Control unit is not encoded for the vehicle 806927 - SPNMVR: Installation location not taught in Seat pneumatics module front left SPNM _ VL 025308 - SPNMVL: Control unit is not coded 02530B - SPNMVL: Control unit is not encoded for the vehicle 8067A7 - SPNMVL: Installation location not taught in Seat Mo

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.