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Service bulletin B651320

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 id10184589
Published by NHTSA2020-12-21
Manufacturer's numberB651320
Manufacturer's date2020-11-01
NHTSA componentAIR BAGS; EQUIPMENT

NHTSA's summary

COLLECTION OF DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS: BMW intends to collect approximately 300 sets of driver's and passenger's side air bags for evaluation. The selected vehicles for air bag replacement must have been predominantly driven/operated in high temperature & high humidity southern areas of the United States and its territories.

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

Air bags, Equipment and accessories

Vehicles listed
BMW 525D XDRIVE2014
BMW 740I2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
BMW 740I US2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 740LD2015
BMW 740LI2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
BMW 750I2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
BMW 750LI2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
BMW 760LI2010, 2011, 2012
BMW 760LI2014, 2015
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 72012 to 2013
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 72014, 2015
BMW ACTIVEHYBRID 72011
BMW B7 ALPINA2015

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

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