BMW 528I 1996–1998 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 04 17 97 · NHTSA communication 600527 · issued Jan 1, 1998
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
1996–1998
model years
9
vehicle entries
Official summary
Situation with the tension rod test gauge. *yc
Vehicles covered
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.