{"nhtsa_id":10146957,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-11-05","date":"2016-11-01","document_id":"B520616","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SEATS; SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER; SEATS:BARRIERS","mfr_system":null,"summary":"DRIVER'S SEAT GROANS/CREAKS UNDER LOAD. Driver's seat backrest produces a groaning/creaking noise in the vicinity of the backrest width adjustment (refer to attached below video) when put under load (upper body pressure into seat back). http://tinyurl.com/jnlof6f Friction at the contact point between lumbar supports and the holder/clip or at lumbar support base plate.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10146957-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10146957-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10146957","components":[{"id":"seats","name":"Seats","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"X1","year_from":2016,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_bmw_x1","2017_bmw_x1"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"X1 SAV","year_from":2016,"year_to":2017,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}