# Service bulletin B512617

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- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10165253
- Published by NHTSA: 2019\-09\-23
- Manufacturer's number: B512617
- Manufacturer's date: 2019\-08\-01
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR

## NHTSA's summary

CREAKING NOISES WHEN DRIVING ON ROUGH ROAD This Service Information Bulletin \(Revision 3\) replaces SI B51 26 17 dated September 2017. Creaking \(groaning\) noises are heard from above the door. Excessive friction between the door seals and the body's door opening.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10165253-0001.pdf)
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## Components

Body and frame

## Vehicles listed

- 2016 to 2017 BMW X1
- 2016 to 2017 BMW X1 SAV

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [19V349000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V349000.md), 2019-05-09: STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [B640416](/bulletins/10249435.md), 2024-02-01, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE. Customer complains of a musty odor or damp front footwell carpet.
- [B513218](/bulletins/10245372.md), 2023-12-06, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE. The paint finish on the door jamb \(above the door striker\) is scratched due to the inner door cavity window seal.
- [B514616](/bulletins/10238081.md), 2023-06-26, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE. Upon opening and closing the tailgate, a creaking/groaning sound can be heard from tailgate actuator.
- [B611721](/bulletins/10206685.md), 2022-01-24, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR; LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH. Any or all of the following CCM ID code 14/15/16/17 "door open" appear in the instrument cluster when the door is properly closed and locked. The locking operation of the door is not affected by the incorrect display.
- [B650821](/bulletins/10200246.md), 2021-08-09, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; STRUCTURE:INTERIOR PANELS:DASHBOARD; EQUIPMENT. Customer states the Central Information Display is flickering and the picture is shifting.
- [B640416](/bulletins/10184587.md), 2020-12-21, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER; STRUCTURE. Water Ingress In Footwell Area From A/C Condensate Drain: Water Ingress In Footwell Area From A/C Condensate Drain. Customer complains of musty odor or damp front footwell carpet.
- [B640520](/bulletins/10182622.md), 2020-11-16, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS; EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER. CONDENSATION FROM AIR CONDITIONING LEAKS INTO PASSENGER FOOTWELL: Condensation from the air conditioning systems evaporator drips, below the instrument panel, into the passenger's footwell. During assembly, the cover of the fresh air intake was not fully seated when the screws were tightened. This cover can then leak condensation out through the existing gap.
- [B610620](/bulletins/10179004.md), 2020-08-31, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT. TAILGATE MALFUNCTION WHEN OPENING OR CLOSING: Customer may complaint of any the following scenarios: When operating the tailgate by using any of the tailgate buttons, the movement stops Tailgate opens when the remote control is within the proximity of the rear of the vehicle, and a second person opens any of the doors using the outside door handle Tailgate opens again immediately after closing Erroneous ground signal set by the contactless tailgate opening control unit \(smart\-opener\).
- [B662317](/bulletins/10161576.md), 2019-06-24, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL; STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE. Service Information March 2018 Drivers Assistance Remote Control Systems B66 23 17 Technical Service This Service Information bulletin replaces SI B66 23 17 dated February 2018 CONTACTLESS TAILGATE \(SMART OPENER\) IS TOO SENSITIVE.
- [B610719](/bulletins/10161568.md), 2019-06-24, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING; STRUCTURE. SERVICE ACTION: BODY DOMAIN CONTROLLER REPLACEMENT. During vehicle production there is the possibility that the cavity preservation wax leaked from the body and dripped onto the Body Domain Controller \(BDC\) and its wiring harness connector.

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