# Service bulletin B512720

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: 10184577
- Published by NHTSA: 2020\-12\-21
- Manufacturer's number: B512720
- Manufacturer's date: 2020\-11\-01
- NHTSA component: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP; STRUCTURE:BODY

## NHTSA's summary

FUEL FILLER DOOR WILL NOT OPEN: The fuel filler door \(aka flap\) will not open. In rare cases, if the vehicle is locked using the remote control key and the fuel filler door is pushed closed simultaneously, the fuel door can enter a locked state that cannot be unlocked.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10184577-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10184577-9999.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Body and frame, Fuel system, Fuel tank

## Vehicles listed

- 2021 BMW 330E
- 2019 to 2021 BMW 330I
- 2021 BMW 430I
- 2018 to 2021 BMW 530E
- 2017 to 2021 BMW 530I
- 2018 to 2019 BMW 540D
- 2020 BMW 540D
- 2017 to 2021 BMW 540I
- 2018 to 2019 BMW 640I
- 2020 BMW 640I
- 2017 to 2019 BMW 740E
- 2017 to 2021 BMW 740I
- 2016 to 2017 BMW 740LI
- 2020 BMW 745E
- 2018 to 2019 BMW 750I
- 2016 to 2019 BMW 750LI
- 2021 BMW 750LI
- 2020 to 2021 BMW 840I
- 2018 to 2021 BMW B7 ALPINA
- 2020 to 2021 BMW M340I
- 2021 BMW M440I
- 2017 BMW M550I
- 2018 to 2021 BMW M550I
- 2017 to 2021 BMW M760I
- 2020 to 2021 BMW M8
- 2020 BMW M8 GRAN COUPE
- 2019 BMW M850I
- 2020 to 2021 BMW M850I
- 2019 BMW M850XI
- 2019 to 2021 BMW X5
- 2020 to 2021 BMW X6
- 2019 to 2021 BMW X7

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [B120221](/bulletins/10198900.md), 2021-07-06, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. SERVICE ACTION: INSPECTION OF THE ELECTRONIC WASTEGATE ACTUATOR CONNECTOR . Due to a software error, long charging times \(10\-12 hours\) for the Plug\-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle \(PHEV\) high\-voltage battery may damage the internal printed circuit board and the electrical connection to the electronic wastegate actuator. A software error in the Digital Motor Electronics \(DME\).

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