# Service bulletin B512022

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: 11034457
- Published by NHTSA: 2026\-07\-03
- Manufacturer's number: B512022
- Manufacturer's date: 2026\-06\-30
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE:BODY

## NHTSA's summary

While driving on rough roads, a cracking sound is heard coming from the headliner area.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2026/MC-11034457-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2026/MC-11034457-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Body and frame

## Vehicles listed

- 2019 to 2021 BMW 230I

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [21V342000](/recalls/nhtsa/21V342000.md), 2021-05-12: STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [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.
- [B640416](/bulletins/10249435.md), 2024-02-01, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE. Customer complains of a musty odor or damp front footwell carpet.
- [B513218](/bulletins/10245372.md), 2023-12-06, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE. The paint finish on the door jamb \(above the door striker\) is scratched due to the inner door cavity window seal.
- [SIB410322](/bulletins/10218368.md), 2022-08-22, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; EQUIPMENT. The driver and/or passenger side floor mat/carpet are soaked during/after a car wash.
- [B513218](/bulletins/10184578.md), 2020-12-21, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. PAINT ON THE B\-PILLAR IS SCRATCHED/DAMAGED: The paint finish of the door jamb \(above the door striker\) is scratched due to the inner door cavity window seal.

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