{"nhtsa_id":10147559,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-11-13","date":"2016-07-01","document_id":"B661516","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"TRAILER HITCHES","mfr_system":null,"summary":"THE SMART OPENING/CLOSING TAILGATE FUNCTION IS INOPERATIVE. Vehicles with comfort access and without rear trailer tow hitch; the contactless tailgate smart opening/closing function using foot motion is INOPERATIVE. The heat insulation on the rear bumper partially blocks the top and/or bottom sensor signal, which prevents foot movement detection.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10147559-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10147559-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10147559","components":[{"id":"trailer-hitch","name":"Trailer hitch","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":[]}