# Service bulletin B120221

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: 10198900
- Published by NHTSA: 2021\-07\-06
- Manufacturer's number: B120221
- Manufacturer's date: 2021\-05\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

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 \(DME\).

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10198900-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10198900-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Electrical system, Engine, Fuel system, Fuel tank

## Vehicles listed

- 2018 to 2020 BMW 530E
- 2018 BMW 530I

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [B512720](/bulletins/10184577.md), 2020-12-21, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP; STRUCTURE:BODY. 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.

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