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Service bulletin B123715

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10147762
Published by NHTSA2018-11-13
Manufacturer's numberB123715
Manufacturer's date2015-10-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE

NHTSA's summary

N63 - Drivetrain Malfunction Warning with Quantity Control Valve Faults. The Drivetrain Malfunction message is displayed and any of the following faults for the quantity control valves are stored in the DME. 11C302 - Fuel- supply control valve 2, activation: short circuit to ground or open circuit 11C401 - Quantity control valve, activation: short circuit to ground 1F4C04 - Relay, quantity control valve: open circuit The most likely cause is the high fuel pressure quantity control valve relay (K6342) loose connection at the electrical connector.

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

Transmission and driveline

Vehicles listed
BMW 1 SERIES M2011 to 2013
BMW 525D XDRIVE2014
BMW 550I2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
BMW 550I GRAN TURISMO2010, 2011, 2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 650I2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
BMW 750I2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
BMW 750LI2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 72012
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 72014
BMW ACTIVEHYBRID 72011

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
17V0670002017-02-02. POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT

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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