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Service bulletin B512518

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The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10152667
Published by NHTSA2019-01-07
Manufacturer's numberB512518
Manufacturer's date2018-11-01
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE

NHTSA's summary

RATTLE NOISE FROM LOWER A-PILLAR. A rattle noise is present from the lower area of the A-Pillar. Due to a manufacturing error, the bolt securing the front door brake/stop to the A-Pillar may have loosened over time.

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

Body and frame

Vehicles listed
BMW 228I2014, 2015, 2016
BMW 230I2017, 2018
BMW 320I2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
BMW 328D2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
BMW 328I2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
BMW 330E2016, 2017
BMW 330I2017
BMW 335I2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
BMW 340I2016, 2017
BMW 428I2014, 2015, 2016
BMW 430I2017, 2018
BMW 435I2014, 2015, 2016
BMW 440I2017, 2018
BMW 5-SERIES GRAN TURISMO2017
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 32013
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 32014, 2015
BMW M22016, 2017, 2018
BMW M235I2014, 2015, 2016
BMW M240I2017, 2018
BMW M32015, 2016, 2017
BMW M42015, 2016, 2017, 2018
BMW R 1200 GS ADVENTURE2017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW R NINE T2018
BMW R1200 RT POLICE2017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW R1200 S ADVENTURE2017 to 2018
BMW S1000 R2018
BMW X12016, 2017
BMW X1 SAV2016 to 2017
BMW X22018
BMW X32011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
BMW X42015, 2016, 2017

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
19V3490002019-05-09. STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
16V6530002016-09-09. STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS

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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