# Service bulletin B620223 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: 10235198 - Published by NHTSA: 2023\-05\-01 - Manufacturer's number: B620223 - Manufacturer's date: 2023\-03\-01 - NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL ## NHTSA's summary In SPORT mode, a black square appears in the RPM gauge \(tachometer\) section of the instrument cluster display. ## The document - [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10235198-0001.pdf) - [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10235198-9999.pdf) The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. ## Components Electrical system, Instrument cluster ## Vehicles listed - 2021 to 2023 BMW M3 - 2021 to 2023 BMW M4 - 2023 BMW M4 GT4 - 2018 to 2022 BMW M5 - 2020 to 2023 BMW M8 - 2020 BMW M8 GRAN COUPE - 2020 to 2023 BMW X3 - 2020 to 2023 BMW X4 - 2020 to 2023 BMW X5 - 2021 to 2022 BMW X6 - 2020 BMW X6 M ## Recalls for the same vehicles and component - [20V152000](/recalls/nhtsa/20V152000.md), 2020-03-18: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE ## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component - [B653123](/bulletins/10244502.md), 2023-11-01, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; COMMUNICATION:MANUFACTURER TELEMATICS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. A vehicle may arrive at your center with various faults and check control messages. During diagnosis with ISTA, these modules do not respond: Receiver Audio Module \(RAM\) Instrument Cluster Module \(KOMBI\) Telematics Module \(TCB4\) Headunit 5 \(HU\-H5\) - [B620322](/bulletins/10227566.md), 2022-12-12, Service bulletin: UNKNOWN OR OTHER; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. After programming, the customer may complain that the Sport Mode display is not fully displayed in the instrument cluster. Instead of a red background in sport mode, the background is displayed in blue \(like ECO PRO mode\). - [B620122](/bulletins/10208181.md), 2022-02-22, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. Temporary black screen in the instrument cluster. - [B620818](/bulletins/10186225.md), 2021-02-01, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; EQUIPMENT. ?INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DISPLAY SHAKES\-SHIFTS TO THE LEFT: The Instrument cluster intermittently flickers, shakes and has shifted to the left. The fault is resolved once the vehicle goes into sleep mode. The fault can reoccur at any point. - [B620719](/bulletins/10174025.md), 2020-04-20, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER MISSING FROM THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AFTER PROGRAMMING DIGITAL SPEEDOMETER MISSING FROM THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AFTER PROGRAMMING: This Service Information Bulletin \(Revision 2\) replaces SI B62 07 19 dated June 2019. The digital speed display in the Instrument Cluster \(Kombi\) is missing or is only displayed in Kilometers per hour after ISTA programming. There are no iDrive settings for a customer to turn this on/off. Before software update. After software update and coding conversion. Software in the Instrument Cluster basic \(Kombi\). - [B620919](/bulletins/10170588.md), 2020-01-21, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER REMAINS DARK AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE: Instrument cluster remains dark after starting the vehicle. After a restart normal functionality is restored. Software error in the KOMBI \(Instrument Cluster\). - [B620519](/bulletins/10170587.md), 2020-01-21, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. COMPASS NO LONGER VISIBLE IN THE KOMBI AFTER PROGRAMMING: Integration level updated. Customer noticed that their compass display was deleted from the Instrument Cluster \(KOMBI\) after recent programming. It still appears in the CID widget display. Software error in the KOMBI. - [B620119](/bulletins/10169469.md), 2019-12-16, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND ONBOARD COMPUTER INTERMITTENTLY INOPERATIVE: Instrument Cluster \(KOMBSP18\) functions are intermittently inoperative including: On\-board Computer \(BC\) button on turn signal stalk \(BC button shown at left\) Radio displays Menu button Turn signal displays Arrows on multifunction steering wheel MFL thumbwheel control. - [B620518](/bulletins/10160354.md), 2019-05-20, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. HEADS UP DISPLAY SPORADICALLY INOPERATIVE. Fault memory entry "B7F6E4 HUD: Fault in display backlighting "is stored in the instrument cluster. Intermittently the Head\-Up Display \(HUD\) may deactivate. - [B620418](/bulletins/10138401.md), 2018-05-21, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. BRIEF FLICKERING OF THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AFTER ENGINE STARTUP: When starting the vehicle, a brief flickering of the instrument cluster \(KOMBI\) can be seen JSON: [/v1/bulletins/10235198](/v1/bulletins/10235198) [Report an error on this page](https://github.com/wenmar-pro/wenmar-open/issues/new?template=data_correction.yml&title=Data%20correction%3A%20Service%20bulletin%20B620223&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Fbulletins%2F10235198&vehicle=Service%20bulletin%20B620223)