Service bulletins for the 2021 BMW 230i
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.
40 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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Only bulletins with component: Steering are shown. Show all
| B360121 | 2024-02-01. Service bulletin. STEERING. At low outside temperatures (below 40 degrees F) and slow driving speeds (i.e. when parking, maneuvering)with a large steering angle, the front end can be slightly axially misaligned. This can be felt (jerking)/ heard via an acoustic acknowledgement (clunk) as seen at the 11 second mark of the video. See attached video V36 01 21. |
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| B612123 | 2023-12-06. Service bulletin. STEERING. The steering wheel heating takes a long time to achieve the desired temperature. |
| B610721 | 2021-11-08. Service bulletin. STEERING. Groaning, scraping, or squeaking noise coming from the steering wheel area in the interior of the vehicle,when turning the steering wheel. |
| B610721 | 2021-08-09. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; STEERING; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. Groaning, scraping, or squeaking noise coming from the steering wheel area in the interior of the vehicle, when turning the steering wheel. |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.