# Service bulletin 512213

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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10147939
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-11\-13
- Manufacturer's number: 512213
- Manufacturer's date: 2014\-01\-01
- NHTSA component: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR

## NHTSA's summary

Child Safety Switch Lever in Rear Door Is Not Visible. The customer cannot see the rear door child safety locking lever. CAUSE Improper door latching mechanism installation \(safety lock lever is hidden behind the sheet metal\)

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10147939-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10147939-0001.pdf)

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## Components

Body and frame, Latches and locks, Door latch

## Vehicles listed

- 2014 to 2015 BMW X5

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [B511614](/bulletins/10146759.md), 2018-11-05, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. "Door Opens to First Stage While Driving. The door opens to the first stage and the ""Door Open"" indicator \(pictogram\) will indicate the door affected. This can affect any door. Automatic soft\-close drive \(Bowden cable lock\). Soft\-Close Automatic drive \(SCA\) locking levers are slow to respond to lock request."
- [B\-511614](/bulletins/10058494.md), 2015-09-28, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. DOOR OPENS, WHILE DRIVING, TO FIRST STAGE, CAUSING CHECK CONTROL MESSAGE TO BE DISPLAYED \*CN

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