BMW 528I 1997 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 16 06 97 · NHTSA communication 53948 · issued Nov 1, 1997
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
1997
model years
5
vehicle entries
Official summary
Fuel level sensor may have been damaged during production which will cause fuel gauge to read approximately 3/4 full even if tank is comopletely full. *ak
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.