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Service bulletin B513016

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 id10147022
Published by NHTSA2018-11-05
Manufacturer's numberB513016
Manufacturer's date2016-08-01
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE; STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID

NHTSA's summary

TAILGATE UNINTENTIONALLY OPENS. Trunk/tailgate may open when vehicle is locked. Trunk/tailgate may open while the vehicle is in motion. Usually after stopping, such as a traffic light etc. Vehicle key trunk/tailgate button may accidentally be pressed, thus opening the tailgate.

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

Body and frame

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 525D XDRIVE2014
BMW 528I2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
BMW 535D2014, 2015, 2016
BMW 535I2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
BMW 535I GRAN TURISMO2010, 2011, 2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 535I US2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 550I2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
BMW 550I GRAN TURISMO2010, 2011, 2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 640I2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
BMW 650I2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
BMW 740I2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
BMW 740I US2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 740LD2015
BMW 740LI2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
BMW 750I2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
BMW 750LI2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
BMW 750LI2016
BMW 760LI2010, 2011, 2012
BMW 760LI2014, 2015
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 32012 to 2013
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 32014, 2015
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 52013
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 72012
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 72014
BMW ACTIVEHYBRID 72011
BMW I32014, 2015, 2016, 2017
BMW I82014, 2015, 2016, 2017
BMW M235I2014, 2015, 2016
BMW M240I2017
BMW M32015, 2016, 2017
BMW M42015, 2016, 2017
BMW M52013, 2014, 2015, 2016
BMW M62013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
BMW X32011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
BMW X42015, 2016, 2017
BMW X52014, 2015, 2016, 2017
BMW X62015, 2016, 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
20195822019-11-18. Structure
16V6530002016-09-09. STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
20141422014-04-22. Structure

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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