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Service bulletin B651316

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 id10138404
Published by NHTSA2018-05-21
Manufacturer's numberB651316
Manufacturer's date2018-04-01
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM); EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

NHTSA's summary

NBT-EVO Head Unit Cannot be Swapped between Vehicles for Testing: If either the NBT-EVO head unit or Body Domain Controller (BDC) are swapped into a different vehicle they will cause the head unit NBT-EVO to enter a locked mode once it recognizes a different VIN.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Electrical system, Equipment and accessories, Software

Vehicles listed
BMW 228I2015, 2016
BMW 230I2017, 2018
BMW 320I2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
BMW 328D2015, 2016, 2017
BMW 328I2014, 2015, 2016
BMW 330E2017
BMW 330I2017
BMW 335I2015, 2016
BMW 340I2016, 2017
BMW 428I2015, 2016
BMW 430I2017, 2018
BMW 435I2015, 2016
BMW 440I2017, 2018
BMW 530I2017, 2018
BMW 540I2017, 2018
BMW 640I2016, 2017, 2018
BMW 650I2016, 2017
BMW 740LI2016 to 2018
BMW 750LI2016 to 2018
BMW I32014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
BMW I82014, 2015, 2016, 2017
BMW M235I2015, 2016
BMW M240I2017, 2018
BMW M550I2018
BMW M62016, 2017
BMW M760LI2017 to 2018
BMW X32016, 2017, 2018
BMW X42016, 2017
BMW X52016, 2017, 2018
BMW X5 M2018
BMW X62016, 2017, 2018
BMW X6 M2018

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

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