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Service bulletin B840616

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 id10143569
Published by NHTSA2018-08-06
Manufacturer's numberB840616
Manufacturer's date2018-05-01
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

NHTSA's summary

BMW ONLINE NON-FUNCTIONAL: CHECK ICC-ID IN ACCOUNT: BMW Online/BMW ConnectedDrive not functional.

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, Labels and manuals, Software

Vehicles listed
BMW 1 SERIES M2012
BMW 228I2014, 2015, 2016
BMW 230I2017, 2018
BMW 320I2012
BMW 320I2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
BMW 3282013
BMW 328D2014
BMW 328D2016, 2017, 2018
BMW 328I2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
BMW 330I2017, 2018
BMW 335I2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
BMW 340I2016, 2017, 2018
BMW 428I2015, 2016
BMW 430I2018
BMW 435I2014, 2015, 2016
BMW 440I2018
BMW 525D XDRIVE2014
BMW 528I2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
BMW 530E2017
BMW 530E2018
BMW 530I2017, 2018
BMW 535D2015, 2016
BMW 535I2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
BMW 535I US2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 540D2018
BMW 540I2017, 2018
BMW 550I2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
BMW 550I GRAN TURISMO2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 640I2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
BMW 650I2010
BMW 650I2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
BMW 740I2012
BMW 740I2014, 2015
BMW 740I US2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 740LI2013, 2014, 2015
BMW 740LI2016 to 2018
BMW 750I2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
BMW 750I US2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 750LI2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
BMW 750LI2016 to 2018
BMW 760LI2013, 2014, 2015
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 32012 to 2013
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 32014, 2015
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 32016
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 52013
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 72012
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 72014
BMW F800 R2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
BMW G 450 X2009
BMW I32014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
BMW I82017
BMW I82018
BMW K1200 R2010
BMW K1300 R2011
BMW K1300 S2010
BMW M22016, 2017, 2018
BMW M235I2014, 2015, 2016
BMW M235I2017
BMW M240I2018
BMW M32015, 2016, 2017, 2018
BMW M42015, 2016, 2017, 2018
BMW M52012
BMW M52013
BMW M52015, 2016
BMW M62013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
BMW M760LI2018
BMW R 1200 GS ADVENTURE2017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW R 1200 R2012
BMW R NINE T2015, 2016
BMW R1200 R2015, 2016
BMW R1200 R2018
BMW R1200 S ADVENTURE2017 to 2018
BMW X12016
BMW X12018
BMW X1 SAV2015 to 2017
BMW X32011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
BMW X3 SAV2012
BMW X42015, 2016, 2017, 2018
BMW X52014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
BMW X5 M2018
BMW X62014, 2015, 2016, 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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