# Service bulletin B521019

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: 10163046
- Published by NHTSA: 2019\-07\-22
- Manufacturer's number: B521019
- Manufacturer's date: 2019\-06\-01
- NHTSA component: SEATS

## NHTSA's summary

THIGH SUPPORT UPHOLSTERY DETACHES FROM SEAT. The seat leather upholstery detaches from the front of the thigh support \(aka knee bolster\) of either front seat. The metal retainer clips on the thigh support are too loose.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10163046-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10163046-9999.pdf)

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## Components

Seats

## Vehicles listed

- 2019 BMW X5
- 2019 BMW X7

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2022501](/recalls/tc/2022501.md), 2022-09-07: Seats And Restraints
- [22V670000](/recalls/nhtsa/22V670000.md), 2022-09-07: SEATS
- [19V135000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V135000.md), 2019-02-27: SEATS
- [2019070](/recalls/tc/2019070.md), 2019-02-14: Seats And Restraints
- [19V096000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V096000.md), 2019-02-13: SEAT BELTS; SEATS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [B521019](/bulletins/10252279.md), 2024-04-01, Service bulletin: SEATS. The seat leather upholstery detaches from the front of the thigh support \(aka knee bolster\) of either front seat.
- [B522319](/bulletins/10246302.md), 2023-12-06, Service bulletin: SEATS. Two areas of the third\-row seat backrest that may cause a noise concern have been added.
- [B522319](/bulletins/10244258.md), 2023-11-01, Service bulletin: SEATS. Second seat row blocking access to third seat row, program seat modules. Visible stitching on first row sport seat. Third seat row backrest Bowden cable routing and length change.
- [B520920](/bulletins/10244257.md), 2023-11-01, Service bulletin: SEATS. Various concerns about the third row of seats: 1. Head restraint \(aka headrest\), on one or both sides, cannot be folded down. 2. Third\-row seating, on one or both sides, cannot be folded down.
- [B520920](/bulletins/10242695.md), 2023-09-25, Service bulletin: SEATS. ?Various concerns about the third row of seats.
- [B520121](/bulletins/10242694.md), 2023-09-25, Service bulletin: SEATS. ?The front seat will not calibrate/initialize, and the stored faults cannot be deleted.
- [B520920](/bulletins/10241368.md), 2023-08-28, Service bulletin: SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY. Various concerns about the third row of seats.
- [B520923](/bulletins/10235190.md), 2023-05-01, Service bulletin: SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT. BMW AG has issued a Delivery Stop: 2nd row head restraints.
- [B520323](/bulletins/10235186.md), 2023-05-01, Service bulletin: SEATS. It is not possible to get into the third\-row seating.
- [B520922](/bulletins/10228431.md), 2023-01-03, Service bulletin: SEATS. When returning the 2nd row seat 60/40 seat from Easy\-Entry: The seat stops moving before reaching the final home position. A Check Control Message \(CCM\) appears alerting the customer that the seat is not locked.

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