# Service bulletin B511218

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: 10188943
- Published by NHTSA: 2021\-03\-15
- Manufacturer's number: B511218
- Manufacturer's date: 2021\-02\-01
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE

## NHTSA's summary

TRIM STRIP IS LOOSE OR DETACHED FROM ROOF: The roof trim strip may be loose or detached. The roof trim strip adhesive was not sufficient.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10188943-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10188943-9999.pdf)

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## Components

Body and frame

## Vehicles listed

- 2018 to 2021 BMW M5

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [B540521](/bulletins/10242698.md), 2023-09-25, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS; VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY. ?The sunroof will not operate in either direction.
- [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.
- [B512419](/bulletins/10165287.md), 2019-09-23, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; EQUIPMENT. CRACKING NOISE FROM DASHBOARD TRIM. A cracking noise is present from the area of the dashboard trim when heating or cooling the vehicle. Thermal expansion of the plastic components of the decorative trim causes cracking noises.
- [B511319](/bulletins/10160341.md), 2019-05-20, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. DOOR LATCHING COMPLAINTS IN COLD WEATHER. Below freezing temperatures: One or more doors \(front or rear\) may not open or After opening they may not correctly latch. A leaking seal on the outer Bowden release cable may allow water to enter the cable sheathing and freeze.
- [B511419](/bulletins/10160259.md), 2019-05-20, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; STRUCTURE. KIDNEY GRILL\(S\) LOOSE. One or both kidney grills may be loose.
- [B511319](/bulletins/10160258.md), 2019-05-20, Service bulletin: LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR. DOOR LATCHING COMPLAINTS IN COLD WEATHER. Below freezing temperatures: One or more doors \(front or rear\) may not open or After opening they may not correctly latch. A leaking seal on the outer Bowden release cable may allow water to enter the cable sheathing and freeze.

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