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Service bulletin B110120

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 id10200228
Published by NHTSA2021-08-09
Manufacturer's numberB110120
Manufacturer's date2021-06-01
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OIL/LUBRICATION:FILTER/SCREEN

NHTSA's summary

On rare occasions during an engine oil service, the BMW Original (Genuine) engine oil filter insert is either difficult to remove or breaks apart in the oil filter housing.

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

Engine, Equipment and accessories, Engine oil and lubrication

Vehicles listed
BMW 228I2014, 2015, 2016
BMW 230I2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
BMW 320I2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
BMW 328D2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
BMW 328I2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
BMW 330E2016, 2017, 2018
BMW 330E2021
BMW 330I2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
BMW 335I2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
BMW 340I2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
BMW 340I2020
BMW 428I2014, 2015, 2016
BMW 430I2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
BMW 435I2014, 2015, 2016
BMW 440I2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
BMW 5-SERIES GRAN TURISMO2017
BMW 530E2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
BMW 530I2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
BMW 540D2018, 2019
BMW 540D2020
BMW 540I2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
BMW 640I2018, 2019
BMW 640I2020
BMW 740E2017, 2018, 2019
BMW 740I2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
BMW 740LI2016 to 2017
BMW 745E2020
BMW 750I2018, 2019
BMW 750LI2016 to 2019
BMW 750LI2021
BMW 840I2020, 2021
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 32013
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 32014, 2015
BMW B7 ALPINA2018 to 2021
BMW C 400 X2018
BMW F 850 GS ADVENTURE2021 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW F800 R2017
BMW M235I2014, 2015, 2016
BMW M240I2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
BMW M340I2020, 2021
BMW M550I2017
BMW M550I2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
BMW M760I2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
BMW M82020, 2021
BMW M8 GRAN COUPE2020
BMW M850I2019
BMW M850I2020, 2021
BMW M850XI2019
BMW R 1200 GS ADVENTURE2017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW R NINE T RACER2018 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW R NINE T SCRAMBLER2018 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW R1200 RT POLICE2017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW X32018, 2019, 2020, 2021
BMW X42019, 2020, 2021
BMW X52019, 2020, 2021
BMW X72019, 2020, 2021
BMW Z42019, 2020, 2021

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

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B6114212021-12-20. Service bulletin. The BMW Gesture Control function may fail permanently as a result of high temperature fluctuations.