Service bulletins for the 2019 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.
482 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| B521019 | 2024-04-01. Service bulletin. SEATS. The seat leather upholstery detaches from the front of the thigh support (aka knee bolster) of either front seat. |
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| B522319 | 2023-11-01. Service bulletin. SEATS. Second seat row blocking access to third seat row, program seat modules. Visible stitching on first row sport seat. Third seat row backrest Bowden cable routing and length change. |
| B520121 | 2023-09-25. Service bulletin. SEATS. ?The front seat will not calibrate/initialize, and the stored faults cannot be deleted. |
| B520923 | 2023-05-01. Service bulletin. SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT. BMW AG has issued a Delivery Stop: 2nd row head restraints. |
| B520323 | 2023-05-01. Service bulletin. SEATS. It is not possible to get into the third-row seating. |
| B520922 | 2023-01-03. Service bulletin. SEATS. When returning the 2nd row seat 60/40 seat from Easy-Entry: The seat stops moving before reaching the final home position. A Check Control Message (CCM) appears alerting the customer that the seat is not locked. |
| B520921 | 2022-12-12. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE; SEATS. Noise is heard from the seat frame/rail assembly. Noises may occur dynamically (creaking/knocking) when weight is shifting upon the seat Noises may also occur when activating the seat motors. |
| B521919 | 2022-10-31. Service bulletin. SEATS. The passenger's side (right rear) of the 60/40 split 2nd row seat may intermittently not fully latch into position on one side (inner rail). |
| B520622 | 2022-10-31. Service bulletin. SEATS. When returning the 2nd row seat 40% (right) side from Easy-Entry: The seat stops moving before reaching the final home position, a check control message (CCM) appears alerting the customer that the seat back is unlocked. The passenger's side (right rear 40% seat) of the 60/40 split 2nd row seat may intermittently not fully latch into position on one side (inner rail). |
| B520422 | 2022-10-31. Service bulletin. SEATS. When returning the 2nd row seat 60% (left) side from Easy-Entry: The seat stops moving before reaching the final home position, a check control message (CCM) appears alerting the customer that the seat back is unlocked. |
| B520419 | 2022-10-31. Service bulletin. SEATS. The driver's side (left rear) of the 60/40 split 2nd row seat may intermittently not fully latch into position on one side (inner rail). |
| B522319 | 2022-06-21. Service bulletin. SEATS. With the launch of the G05 (X5) Sports Activity Vehicle in August 2018, a new style of networked seats was introduced that have new operating parameters. This service information bulletin details the operation of the new style seats. |
| B520921 | 2022-05-16. Service bulletin. SEATS. Noise is heard from the seat frame/rail assembly. Noises may occur dynamically (creaking/knocking) when weight is shifting upon the seat Noises may also occur when activating the seat motors. |
| B520221 | 2022-05-16. Service bulletin. SEATS. Milky-white stains (discolorations) in the leather are observed in the second-row seat bottom, backrests and/or headrests. Refer to attachment for details. This only affects vehicles with the Merino leather. |
| B520221 | 2022-01-24. Service bulletin. SEATS; EQUIPMENT. Milky-white stains (discolorations) in the leather are observed in the second-row seat bottom, backrests and/or headrests. |
| B520921 | 2021-11-08. Service bulletin. SEATS. Noise is heard from the seat frame/rail assembly when activating the seat motors. |
| B520121 | 2021-08-09. Service bulletin. SEATS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. Front seat will not calibrate/initialize, and the stored faults cannot be deleted |
| B110321 | 2021-07-06. Service bulletin. SEATS. B58 ENGINE: ENGINE OIL FILTER REMOVAL PROCEDURE AND TOOLS . A. For the B58 engines, a BMW Oil Catch special tool for use in conjunction with removing the engine oilfilter insert is now available. |
| B520221 | 2021-04-26. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE; SEATS. SECOND ROW SEAT LEATHER CLOUDY/DISCOLORED: Milky-white stains (discolorations) in the leather are observed in the second-row seat bottom, backrests and/or headrests. |
| B520421 | 2021-03-15. Service bulletin. SEATS. OUTER HEADREST SECOND ROW: BMW AG has issued a Delivery Stop on certain Model Year 2021 BMW X5 SAV and X7 SAV vehicles that were produced between February 8, 2021 and February 17, 2021. |
| B520121 | 2021-03-15. Service bulletin. SEATS. SEAT FAILS TO INITIALIZE DUE TO MISSING END STOP: Front seat will not calibrate/initialize. |
| B652120 | 2021-02-01. Service bulletin. SEATS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT:VIDEO (TOUCH)SCREEN/MONITOR/UNIT. ?NO PREVIEW IMAGES DISPLAYED IN THE REAR SEAT ENTERTAINMENT: The rear seat entertainment screens do not display any preview images at times. |
| B521019 | 2021-02-01. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; SEATS. THIGH SUPPORT UPHOLSTERY DETACHES FROM SEAT: The seat leather upholstery detaches from the front of the thigh support (aka knee bolster) of either front seat. |
| B520720 | 2020-11-23. Service bulletin. SEATS. SEAT HEATING NOT ACTIVATED WHEN ENGINE IS STARTED USING REMOTE STARTING SYSTEM: When preheating/precooling the vehicle via the remote starting system (Remote Engine Start), the seat heating on the driver's side is not activated. |
| B520620 | 2020-11-23. Service bulletin. SEATS. HOLE IN LEATHER AT SIDE LOCK BOLT, 2ND ROW 60/40 SPLIT BENCH SEAT: There is a visible hole in the leather of the 2nd row of seats. The hole is located on the side lock bolt of the left rear seat backrest. The rear seat backrest in the 2nd row of seats can be folded down as follows: 40 - 20 -40 The fault pattern is only visible when the rear seat backrest is folded down. The hole in the seat cover is slightly larger than specified (2nd row of seats). |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.