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Service bulletin B613014

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 id10151373
Published by NHTSA2018-12-10
Manufacturer's numberB613014
Manufacturer's date2016-06-01
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY

NHTSA's summary

"BMW Maintenance Program: 12-Volt Battery Replacement Measure. INFORMATION This bulletin outlines a customer satisfaction measure that has been designed exclusively for the BMW vehicles listed above. It involves the replacement of the 12-volt battery as a preventive maintenance measure. This 12-volt battery replacement measure is: Effective for repairs dated on or after January 1, 2015. Applicable to vehicles that are still covered by the BMW Maintenance Program. This program is valid for 4 years or 50,000 miles, whichever occurs first. The calculation is based on the current date of repair. It is ""applicable"" when the 12volt battery was not replaced within the last 12 months. You can then perform the battery replacement as outlined below. Please check the warranty claim history for the specific vehicle in the DCSnet Warranty Vehicle Inquiry to confirm the battery was not already replaced within the previous 12 months."

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, 12-volt battery

Vehicles listed
BMW 1 SERIES M2011 to 2013
BMW 525D XDRIVE2014
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 650I2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
BMW 740I2013, 2014, 2015
BMW 740LD2015
BMW 740LI2013, 2014, 2015
BMW 750I2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
BMW 750LI2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
BMW 750LI2016
BMW 760LI2014, 2015
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 72012 to 2013
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 72014, 2015
BMW ACTIVEHYBRID 72011
BMW M52013, 2014, 2015, 2016
BMW M62013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
BMW X52011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
BMW X62010
BMW X62013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

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

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