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Service bulletin B121415

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 id10147128
Published by NHTSA2018-11-05
Manufacturer's numberB121415
Manufacturer's date2015-05-01
NHTSA componentENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

"DME Fault Code CD9711 Stored After Programming. After programming the vehicle with ISTA/P 3.55.0 (I-Level F010-15-03-501 and F001-15-03-501): ? The check engine light (CEL) is illuminated, and ? DME fault code ""CD9711 - FlexRay, message (control diagnostics OBD vehicle dynamics, 247.0.2): missing"" is stored and cannot be cleared. CAUSE DME software"

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, Engine

Vehicles listed
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 52012, 2013
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 72013
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 72014

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

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