Service bulletins for the 2023 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.
160 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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By component
| B120223 | 2023-07-24. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Due to a manufacturing defect in the ignition coil BMW AG has issued a Delivery Stop (effective June 1, 2023) on a small number of Model Year 2023 - 2024 BMW vehicles. |
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| B090221 | 2023-07-24. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. With the introduction of the BMW Remote Software Upgrade, all Service Pack 18 vehicles and partial Service Pack 15 vehicles may receive new functionality or modifications in their features. |
| B651921 | 2023-06-26. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. BMW AG has issued a Delivery Stop (effective October 15, 2021) on certain Model Year 2022 BMW vehicles that were produced between September 28, 2021 and October 8, 2021. The issue involves the Active Crash Safety Module (ACSM) sensor. |
| B651523 | 2023-06-26. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. After programming the head unit (HU-H2), activating the FSC (German word Freischaltcode) Enabling Codes repeatedly fails. |
| B630823 | 2023-06-26. Service bulletin. INTERIOR LIGHTING. The reading lights for the second and third row seating activate automatically without customer input. |
| B610123 | 2023-06-26. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Due to a software error, the vehicle sporadically does not achieve sleep mode. As a result, the 12-volt battery becomes discharged and may cause a no-start condition. |
| B514616 | 2023-06-26. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE. Upon opening and closing the tailgate, a creaking/groaning sound can be heard from tailgate actuator. |
| B511722 | 2023-06-26. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Due to the semiconductor supply, the Local Interconnect Network module in either of the exterior mirrors was switched to another controller. That one provides an imprecise voltage measurement, which the main controller interprets as a fault. |
| B510823 | 2023-06-26. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY. Upon opening or closing (i.e., folding in or out) the exterior mirror assembly, a creaking sound is heard from either the driver and/or passenger side. |
| B510222 | 2023-06-26. Service bulletin. STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE. In the affected vehicles, faulty spindle drives for the tailgate (lower section) may have been installed, which can fail over time. |
| B340720 | 2023-06-26. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. DSCi units which potentially have a faulty hydraulic valve were installed in the vehicles. The affected units may activate a sporadic red-colored Check Control Message. |
| B011323 | 2023-06-26. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT. Interim Class Action Settlement F95/96, G05/G06/G07 front center console cupholder United States District Court Central District of California. |
| SIB610223 | 2023-05-22. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY/WIPER. Windshield Wiper. |
| SIB652021 | 2023-05-22. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:INFOTAINMENT. Central information display. |
| SIB260422 | 2023-05-22. Service bulletin. ENGINE. Engine Variants Updated. |
| SIB660823 | 2023-05-15. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ADAS:HUD:CAMERA/SENSOR; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ADAS:DRIVER MONITORING:CAMERA/SENSOR. Issues with the various functions of the camera-based driver assistance systems (KAFAS system) can possibly lead to following customer complaints: KAFAS camera system deactivates itself, due to system restrictions that are not clear to the customer KAFAS camera system cannot be activated due to system restrictions that are not clear to the customer Road signs are sporadically not detected. |
| SIB511722 | 2023-05-15. Service bulletin. UNKNOWN OR OTHER; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR. Due to the semiconductor supply, the Local Interconnect Network module in either of the exterior mirrors was switched to another controller. |
| SIB510623 | 2023-05-15. Service bulletin. AIR BAGS; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS:SWITCH; PARKING BRAKE; EXTERIOR LIGHTING. The hazard light (aka emergency flasher) button gets stuck in the ON or OFF position when actuated. |
| SIB360223 | 2023-05-15. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION:FRONT:SHOCK ABSORBER. Tire noise from the front axle in the 30 to 50 mph speed range. |
| B841422 | 2023-05-01. Service bulletin. LANE DEPARTURE:LANE KEEP:NAVIGATION SYSTEM/SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM(GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM). Customer is shown an incorrect GPS location in the vehicle (i.e., Nav Map, coordinates). |
| B840822 | 2023-05-01. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. The 3G network in the US has been shut down. This means that only the 4G network will be available. In the 4G network, voice calls will be transferred via the Voice over LTE (VoLTE) function. For this purpose, the SIM card must perform an IMS registration in the mobile communication network. Due to a production error, the telematics control units were delivered without an IMS configuration. The Connected Drive voice services (Concierge Call, BMW Assistance, and emergency call voice) can no longer be used regionally in the US in vehicle with telematics control units ATM-1 and TCB-4G. Voice control of the vehicle and all other telephone (paired mobile devices) functions are not affected. Emergency call location data is unaffected. |
| B651623 | 2023-05-01. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.. Customer states there is no audio playback (telephony, navigation, radio) and system sounds (PDC, turn indicators, acoustic signals) may also have failed. |
| B630418 | 2023-05-01. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING. One or more of the LED daytime running lights are dim or discolored. |
| B620223 | 2023-05-01. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. In SPORT mode, a black square appears in the RPM gauge (tachometer) section of the instrument cluster display. |
| B610923 | 2023-05-01. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. The gear selector switch (GWS) consists of the control electronics circuit and the selector lever. The sensors for recording the gearshift lever position and for inhibiting inadvertent gearshifts are integrated in the control electronics. |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.