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Service bulletin B650621

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 id10200481
Published by NHTSA2021-08-23
Manufacturer's numberB650621
Manufacturer's date2021-05-01
NHTSA componentFUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE; EQUIPMENT; AIR BAGS

NHTSA's summary

SURFACE RUST ON NEW AIR BAG INFLATORS: The technician finds that the new air bag inflator (aka: gas generator) may have surface rust on the metalhousing .

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, Fuel system

Vehicles listed
BMW X52007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
BMW X5 M2010 to 2012
BMW X62008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
BMW X6 ACTIVEHYBRID SAC2010 to 2011
BMW X6 M2010 to 2012

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20200102020-01-15. Airbag
20200082020-01-15. Airbag
20V0170002020-01-15. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
20V0160002020-01-15. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
20190182019-01-15. Airbag
19V0170002019-01-14. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
20180182018-01-09. Airbag
18V0300002018-01-09. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
20170162017-01-10. Airbag
17V0200002017-01-10. AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE

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

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