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Service bulletin B520421

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 id10188946
Published by NHTSA2021-03-15
Manufacturer's numberB520421
Manufacturer's date2021-02-01
NHTSA componentSEATS

NHTSA's summary

OUTER HEADREST SECOND ROW: BMW AG has issued a Delivery Stop on certain Model Year 2021 BMW X5 SAV and X7 SAV vehicles that were produced between February 8, 2021 and February 17, 2021.

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

Seats

Vehicles listed
BMW X52019, 2020, 2021
BMW X72019, 2020, 2021

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20225012022-09-07. Seats And Restraints
22V6700002022-09-07. SEATS
21V1560002021-03-10. SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
19V1350002019-02-27. SEATS
20190702019-02-14. Seats And Restraints
19V0960002019-02-13. SEAT BELTS; SEATS

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
B5209202024-12-31. Service bulletin. HEAD RESTRAINT AND/OR BACKREST OF 3RD ROW SEATS CANNOT BE FOLDED DOWN
B5205242024-09-01. Service bulletin. A rattling noise can be heard emanating from the area of the rear seat backrest of the second row ofseats. The noise does not occur when the rear seat backrest is folded down.
B5210192024-04-01. Service bulletin. The seat leather upholstery detaches from the front of the thigh support (aka knee bolster) of either front seat.
B5223192023-12-06. Service bulletin. Two areas of the third-row seat backrest that may cause a noise concern have been added.
B5223192023-11-01. Service bulletin. 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.
B5209202023-11-01. Service bulletin. 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.
B5209202023-09-25. Service bulletin. ?Various concerns about the third row of seats.
B5201212023-09-25. Service bulletin. ?The front seat will not calibrate/initialize, and the stored faults cannot be deleted.
B5209202023-08-28. Service bulletin. Various concerns about the third row of seats.
B5209232023-05-01. Service bulletin. BMW AG has issued a Delivery Stop: 2nd row head restraints.