# Service bulletin B612219

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: 10206686
- Published by NHTSA: 2022\-01\-24
- Manufacturer's number: B612219
- Manufacturer's date: 2021\-12\-01
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR

## NHTSA's summary

The customer states that the vehicle locks itself when the last door was closed, even though the remote control/display key was inside the vehicle.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10206686-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2021/MC-10206686-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Body and frame, Equipment and accessories

## Vehicles listed

- 2021 BMW 330E
- 2019 to 2021 BMW 330I
- 2017 to 2019 BMW 740E
- 2017 to 2021 BMW 740I
- 2016 to 2017 BMW 740LI
- 2020 BMW 745E
- 2018 to 2019 BMW 750I
- 2016 to 2019 BMW 750LI
- 2021 BMW 750LI
- 2020 to 2021 BMW 840I
- 2018 to 2021 BMW B7 ALPINA
- 2020 to 2021 BMW M340I
- 2017 to 2021 BMW M760I
- 2020 to 2021 BMW M8
- 2020 BMW M8 GRAN COUPE
- 2019 BMW M850I
- 2020 to 2021 BMW M850I
- 2019 BMW M850XI
- 2019 to 2021 BMW X5
- 2020 to 2021 BMW X6
- 2020 BMW X6 M
- 2019 to 2021 BMW X7
- 2019 to 2021 BMW Z4

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2022202](/recalls/tc/2022202.md), 2022-04-20: Structure
- [20V514000](/recalls/nhtsa/20V514000.md), 2020-08-27: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS; TIRES
- [20V484000](/recalls/nhtsa/20V484000.md), 2020-08-14: STRUCTURE:BODY
- [2020067](/recalls/tc/2020067.md), 2020-02-19: Structure
- [20V095000](/recalls/nhtsa/20V095000.md), 2020-02-19: STRUCTURE:BODY
- [19V755000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V755000.md), 2019-10-23: STRUCTURE:BODY:TRUNK LID
- [18V918000](/recalls/nhtsa/18V918000.md), 2018-12-19: EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [B010226DCS](/bulletins/11036453.md), 2026-08-28, Other: STRUCTURE:BODY. BMW Notice of the Court’s Final Approval for Shark\-Fin Antenna Settlement \(X3, X4, X5, X6, X7\)
- [B010226](/bulletins/11036388.md), 2026-08-27, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. Rear Roof Antenna Shark Fin Cover Sealing Issue
- [B510726](/bulletins/11035400.md), 2026-07-31, Service campaign: STRUCTURE:BODY. In the affected vehicles, an incorrect screwlocking device \(circled\) may have been usedfor the mounting bolts of the door latch locks.
- [B010226](/bulletins/11033030.md), 2026-06-01, Warranty extension: STRUCTURE:BODY. SHARK FIN ROOF ANTENNA SEALING SETTLEMENT Extended Warranty
- [B640320](/bulletins/11032741.md), 2026-05-18, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. The center console and front cup holder get noticeably too warm to the touch on long journeys with the interior "Heating on".
- [B010325](/bulletins/11030060.md), 2026-03-13, Warranty extension: STRUCTURE:BODY. The Radiator Grilles Lower Active Air Flap Assembly limited warranty for defects in materials and/or workmanship has been extended to 15 years / 150,000 miles as determined from the original first in\-service / delivery date.
- [InVeh\-InApp\-Comm](/bulletins/11029007.md), 2026-02-25, Over\-the\-air update: STRUCTURE:BODY. It was found that a radio IHKA control panel without a CD slide compartment has been installed due to a logistics error in production. A CD cannot be inserted and the radio IHKA control panel should therefore be replaced.
- [B410725](/bulletins/11022101.md), 2025-08-24, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY. While driving on a smooth and/or uneven road, a “cracking” sound is heard from the rear wheel arch area \(highlighted in orange\) on either the right or left side.
- [B511223](/bulletins/11020911.md), 2025-07-28, Warranty extension: STRUCTURE:BODY. After carrying out the vehicle test, one or more of the stored faults indicate that the operation of the front bottom active air flap is obstructed or blocked.
- [B010825](/bulletins/11018730.md), 2025-05-31, Warranty extension: STRUCTURE:BODY. A vehicle listed above may arrive with a Check Control Message \(CCM\), and/or malfunction indicator lamp\(MIL\) illuminated. After carrying out the vehicle test, one or more of the stored faults indicate that the operation of the front bottomactive air flap is obstructed or blocked. Thoroughly inspect the front bottom air flap, when applicable, remove any contamination that is found caught inand between the bottom air flaps \(aka “blinds”\) and/or the housing.

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