Service bulletins for the 2016 BMW X5
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.
364 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| B130715 | 2018-12-10. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY; STEERING; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. "N57T - Automatic Start/Stop (MSA) Does Not Function. The MSA feature to shut the engine off does not function at any time, although it is set to active. The MSA test plan indicates that the ""engine stop"" inhibitor is currently active due to missing steering angle information. There are no relevant faults stored and the steering angle is calibrated correctly. CAUSE A communication error between the engine (DDE) and electronic steering (EPS) control units." |
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| B130715 | 2018-11-05. Service bulletin. STEERING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY. "N57T - Automatic Start/Stop (MSA) Does Not Function. The MSA feature to shut the engine off does not function at any time, although it is set to active. The MSA test plan indicates that the ""engine stop"" inhibitor is currently active due to missing steering angle information. There are no relevant faults stored and the steering angle is calibrated correctly. CAUSE A communication error between the engine (DDE) and electronic steering (EPS) control units." |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.