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Service bulletin MC620117

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 id10200499
Published by NHTSA2021-08-23
Manufacturer's numberMC620117
Manufacturer's date2021-05-24
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL

NHTSA's summary

Service distance cannot be set in miles in ISTA for TFT-type instrument clusters

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

Electrical system, Instrument cluster

Vehicles listed
BMW R 1200 GS2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
BMW R 1200 GS ADVENTURE2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW R 1200 GS ADVENTURE2017 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW R1200 GS2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
BMW R1200 GS2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
BMW R1200 GS ADVENTURE2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW R1200 GS ADVENTURE2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
B6207152018-11-13. Service bulletin. Instrument Cluster display is partially blank. The Instrument Cluster (Kombi) lower display may be intermittently blank. The Board Computer, Ambient Temperature and Check Control Messages will not display. Instrument Cluster software error.
MC639320682018-05-14. Service bulletin. The software for the TFT instrument cluster with I level 17-11-501 does not correspond to internal quality guidelines.
MC640105202018-04-23. Service bulletin. Incorrect tire pressure appears in the instrument cluster. Contamination or obstruction of the RDC sensor.
MC639320682018-04-23. Service bulletin. During a software update of the instrument cluster as of I level 17-11-502 (ISTA version 4.09.3x) a programming abort occurs.
US-11588817-022008-09-25. Service bulletin. BMW: EWS FAULT DISPLAY IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. MOTORCYCLE DOES NOT START. EWS INTERMITTENTLY OR PERMANENTLY DISPLAYED IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. *PE