Service bulletin 652013

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)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10148428
Published by NHTSA	2018-11-13
Manufacturer's number	652013
Manufacturer's date	2014-11-01
NHTSA component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY

NHTSA's summary

Vehicle inTransport Mode Cannot Be Unlocked with Remote Control. When the vehicle is in transport mode, intermittently it cannot be unlocked via the remote control key. CAUSE When the vehicle is in transport mode, to reduce power consumption, the software is designed to disable the outside antenna receiver from waking up the vehicle.

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, Equipment and accessories, Software

Vehicles listed
BMW 525D XDRIVE	2014
BMW 528I	2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
BMW 535D	2014, 2015
BMW 535I	2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
BMW 535I US	2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 550I	2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
BMW 640I	2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
BMW 650I	2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
BMW 740I	2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
BMW 740I US	2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 740LD	2015
BMW 740LI	2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
BMW 750I	2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
BMW 750LI	2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
BMW 760LI	2010, 2011, 2012
BMW 760LI	2014, 2015
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 5	2012, 2013
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 7	2013
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 7	2014, 2015
BMW F800 R	2013
BMW M5	2013, 2014, 2015
BMW M6	2013, 2014, 2015
BMW R 1200 GS	2013
BMW R 1200 GS ADVENTURE	2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW R NINE T	2015
BMW R1200 S ADVENTURE	2014 to 2015
BMW X3	2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
BMW X4	2015
BMW X5	2014, 2015
BMW X6	2015

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

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