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Service bulletin B511817

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 id10146641
Published by NHTSA2018-11-05
Manufacturer's numberB511817
Manufacturer's date2017-04-01
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT

NHTSA's summary

EXTERIOR BMW ROUNDEL EMBLEMS SEPARATE AND FALL OFF. The exterior BMW Roundel Emblem (front and/or rear) separates from the mounting base and falls off. Delamination of the Roundel Emblem.

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

Equipment and accessories

Vehicles listed
BMW 228I2014, 2015, 2016
BMW 230I2017
BMW 320I2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
BMW 328D2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
BMW 328I2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
BMW 330E2016, 2017
BMW 330I2017
BMW 335I2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
BMW 340I2016, 2017
BMW 428I2014, 2015, 2016
BMW 430I2017
BMW 435I2014, 2015, 2016
BMW 440I2017
BMW 5-SERIES GRAN TURISMO2017
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 32013
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 32014, 2015
BMW M235I2014, 2015, 2016
BMW M240I2017
BMW M32015, 2016, 2017
BMW M42015, 2016, 2017
BMW R 1200 GS ADVENTURE2017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW R1200 RT POLICE2017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW R1200 S ADVENTURE2017
BMW X12016, 2017
BMW X1 SAV2016 to 2017

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20181592018-04-04. Accessories
17V4810002017-07-28. EQUIPMENT

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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