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Service bulletin SB-65-01-13

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10051912
Published by NHTSA2013-04-19
Manufacturer's numberSB-65-01-13
Manufacturer's date2013-01-01
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL

NHTSA's summary

AIRBAG WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED; SHORTED WIRE IN FRONT SEAT HARNESS. BMW MODELS F07, AND F10. MODEL YEARS 2009-2013. *KB

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Electrical system, Instrument cluster

Vehicles listed
BMW 5 SERIES2010 to 2012
BMW 5-SERIES2009
BMW 5-SERIES GRAN TURISMO2009 to 2012
BMW 550I GRAN TURISMO2010 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

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