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Service bulletin B170118

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 id10160335
Published by NHTSA2019-05-20
Manufacturer's numberB170118
Manufacturer's date2019-04-01
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT; STEERING

NHTSA's summary

HEATER HOSE IS CONTACTING THE STEERING SHAFT This Service Information bulletin replaces SI B17 01 18 dated April 2018.

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

Engine, Equipment and accessories, Steering, Cooling system

Vehicles listed
BMW 530E2018
BMW 530I2017, 2018
BMW 540D2018
BMW 540I2017
BMW 640I2018
BMW 740E2017
BMW 740I2017
BMW 740LI2016 to 2017
BMW 750LI2016 to 2017
BMW M550I2017
BMW M760I2017

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

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