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Service bulletin B611617

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10146594
Published by NHTSA2018-11-05
Manufacturer's numberB611617
Manufacturer's date2017-03-01
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL

NHTSA's summary

?CHARGING SOCKET EMERGENCY RELEASE DAMAGED . The tensioning strap of the emergency charging socket release (2) has been damaged. Possible reasons for damage to the emergency release tensioning strap are: Excessive force was required to operate the emergency release Improper routing of tensioning strap Component failure

The document

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Components

Equipment and accessories

Vehicles listed
BMW I32014, 2015, 2016, 2017

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

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