2017 BMW 540I TSBs (95)
- Bulletin:
- B120618
- Component:
- 111000 electrical system:battery
- Summary:
- Dme fault code cdc203: various control units contain faults indicating missing messages from the battery management electronics
- Bulletin:
- B160118
- Component:
- 070000 fuel system, gasoline
- Summary:
- Removing fuel feed line for parked car heating from replacement fuel pump: modify the universal replacement fuel pump assembly to allow it to be correctly installed in a us market vehicle.
- Bulletin:
- B160218
- Component:
- 355200 equipment:other:owners/service/other manual
- Summary:
- Service action: replace the temperature sensor for the tank leak diagnosis module (nvld): the service engine soon light is illuminated.
- Bulletin:
- B612717
- Component:
- 111000 electrical system:battery
- Summary:
- Replace battery check control message: in-stock, new vehicle instrument cluster displays the red ccm òreplace batteryó (id # 460).
- Bulletin:
- B621717
- Component:
- 117000 digital instrument panel
- Summary:
- Erroneous head-up display fault in instrument cluster: b7f6e3 - hud: fault in the communication (hud not answering) in instrument cluster fault.
- Bulletin:
- B621817
- Component:
- 117000 digital instrument panel
- Summary:
- Fuel gauge erroneous display: vehicle runs out of fuel but the instrument cluster still displays fuel remaining in the tank.
- Bulletin:
- B640118
- Component:
- 355200 equipment:other:owners/service/other manual
- Summary:
- Temperature regulation of automatic climate control system is not acceptable: air distribution and/or temperature regulation variation exceeds design parameters.
- Bulletin:
- B660218
- Component:
- 354000 equipment:mechanical
- Summary:
- Comfort access sporadically inoperative: sporadically, vehicle is unable to be locked or unlocked via the door handle.
- Bulletin:
- B660418
- Component:
- 354000 equipment:mechanical
- Summary:
- During parking maneuvering assistant operation, driver gear input is ignored: sporadically, during a parking maneuvering assistant or parking assistant operation the gear change requested (r to d or d to r) by the driver is ignored.
- Bulletin:
- B660718
- Component:
- 284100 back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Summary:
- Green bars displayed in central information display when camera active: wide green bar across bottom and up right side of central information display (cid) when reverse gear is selected and the surround view camera is active.
- Bulletin:
- B661317
- Component:
- 280000 back over prevention
- Summary:
- Surround view camera displays incorrect vehicle model: after programming the vehicle, the incorrect vehicle model is displayed in the cid (central information display) when surround view camera function is active.
- Bulletin:
- B841117
- Component:
- 353400 equipment:electrical:radio/tape deck/cd etc.
- Summary:
- Bmw apps randomly starts playing on its own: while listening to fm, or am, or satellite radio (sdars), the audio source randomly switches to bmw apps (pandora, spotify, audible etc.) with no input from driver or passenger.
- Bulletin:
- B651316
- Component:
- 350000 equipment
- Summary:
- Nbt-evo head unit cannot be swapped between vehicles for testing. 'component protection active': if either the nbt-evo head unit or body domain controller (bdc) are swapped into a different vehicle they will cause the head unit nbt-evo to e
- Bulletin:
- B660218
- Component:
- 353400 equipment:electrical:radio/tape deck/cd etc.
- Summary:
- Radio remote sporadically inoperative: sporadically one or both of the below situations can occur:
- Bulletin:
- B720417
- Component:
- 220000 seats
- Summary:
- False warnings that the front passenger seat is occupied without the seat belt buckled: acoustic and visual warnings indicate that the front passenger seat is occupied and the seat belt is not fastened, when the seat is actually unoccupied.
- Bulletin:
- B840618
- Component:
- 353100 equipment:electrical:anti-theft devices
- Summary:
- Connecteddrive-remote services do not function: remote services (such as locking and unlocking the car, vehicle location by honking the horn, flashing the lights or on the map in the bmw connected app) do not function after vehicle has been
- Bulletin:
- B122717
- Component:
- 110000 electrical system
- Summary:
- Erroneous internal fault 10501d is stored in the dme: the following fault is erroneously store in the digital motor electronics (dme).
- Bulletin:
- B123017
- Component:
- 110000 electrical system
- Summary:
- Service action: program control units (eme): due to the eme software error, obd diagnostics may not detect emission relevant fault codes stored in the ihka (heating & a/c) control module
- Bulletin:
- B240317
- Component:
- 100000 power train
- Summary:
- 8hp50 transmissions gear shifts from reverse to neutral: after a cold start, when the transmission gear selector is placed in r and driving resumes, intermittently transmission may shift to neutral
- Bulletin:
- B513417
- Component:
- 130000 visibility
- Summary:
- Windshield wiper hitting a-pillar: windshield wiper is hitting the a-pillar at the upper end of its travel.
- Bulletin:
- B621917
- Component:
- 110000 electrical system
- Summary:
- Instrument cluster remains dark after starting the vehicle: upon starting the vehicle (terminal 15 switched on), the instrument cluster does not function (stays dark, no needle response, no bus communication).
- Bulletin:
- B640917
- Component:
- 980000 unknown or other
- Summary:
- Warm air discharge from footwell vent without request: while driving, and without request, the footwell vent discharges warm air.
- Bulletin:
- B660817
- Component:
- 280000 back over prevention
- Summary:
- Rear view camera fails to display image: sporadically, when the rear view camera is activated, either via selecting reverse with the shift selector or by direct camera selection, no image appears in the display.
- Bulletin:
- B661717
- Component:
- 284100 back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Summary:
- Missing display of surround view camera: central information display (cid) sporadically does not display surround view camera image.
- Bulletin:
- B662517
- Component:
- 353100 equipment:electrical:anti-theft devices
- Summary:
- Display key not detected in vehicle: after display key remains motionless in the vehicle (or in the trunk) for more than two minutes, it is no longer detected.
- Bulletin:
- B840214
- Component:
- 110000 electrical system
- Summary:
- Connecteddrive/bmw assist system diagnosis information
- Bulletin:
- B120718
- Component:
- 060000 engine (pws)
- Summary:
- Dme fc 1c0102 is stored with no other related faults: the following fault has been stored in the digital motor electronics (dme) fault memory with no other engine oil pressure faults stored.
- Bulletin:
- B170118
- Component:
- 060000 engine and engine cooling
- Summary:
- Heater hose is contacting the steering shaft: the customer may complain of a coolant leak from the front of the vehicle, or a noise when turning the steering wheel.
- Bulletin:
- B340318
- Component:
- 050000 parking brake
- Summary:
- Electromechanical holding brake (emf) error
- Bulletin:
- B341017
- Component:
- 030000 brakes (pws)
- Summary:
- Low-speed brake squeal: vehicle brakes produce a squealing noise when applied at low speed.
- Bulletin:
- B612217
- Component:
- 110000 electrical system
- Summary:
- Diagnostic communication with flexray control modules not possible: there are no customer complaints associated with this issue.
- Bulletin:
- B621215
- Component:
- 117000 digital instrument panel
- Summary:
- Instrument cluster outside temperature display implausible: in the instrument cluster (kombi) display you may observe an implausible outside temperature reading.
- Bulletin:
- B651316
- Component:
- 118000 electrical system: software
- Summary:
- Nbt-evo head unit cannot be swapped between vehicles for testing: if either the nbt-evo head unit or body domain controller (bdc) are swapped into a different vehicle they will cause the head unit nbt-evo to enter a locked mode once it reco
- Bulletin:
- B660817
- Component:
- 284100 back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Summary:
- Rear view camera fails to display image: sporadically, when the rear view camera is activated, either via selecting reverse with the shift selector or by direct camera selection, no image appears in the display.
- Bulletin:
- B840718
- Component:
- 350000 equipment
- Summary:
- Iphone: call list missing after restart: the call list from iphone 8 or iphone x, that is displayed, is missing after cycling the ignition.
- Bulletin:
- B840818
- Component:
- 350000 equipment
- Summary:
- Head unit high 2 reset while bluetooth is connected: the following event may cause an unexpected reset of the head unit high 2 (nbt evo) when:
- Bulletin:
- B120318
- Component:
- 063000 engine and engine cooling:exhaust system
- Summary:
- No audible difference in exhaust with "m performance power and sound kit
- Bulletin:
- B611316
- Component:
- 110000 electrical system
- Summary:
- Kle charging fault 21e6e9: during the ista short test diagnosis, fault code 21e6e9 ð òcharging electronics: charging mode interruptedó is found stored in the kle (convenience charging electronics) module.
- Bulletin:
- B650318
- Component:
- 353000 equipment:electrical
- Summary:
- No audio playback after replacing the head unit high 2 (hu-h2): after replacing the head unit high (hu-h2) and performing ista4 programming, there is no audio playback.
- Bulletin:
- B651316
- Component:
- 353500 equipment:electrical:navigational system(global positioning system)
- Summary:
- Nbt-evo (next generation navigation professional) head unit cannot be swapped between vehicles for testing. õcomponent protection activeõ
- Bulletin:
- B662417
- Component:
- 353000 equipment:electrical
- Summary:
- Remote control parking sporadically deactivates: during operation of (when using) the remote control parking (rcp) function, it can sporadically, autonomously shut down.
- Bulletin:
- B840314
- Component:
- 353000 equipment:electrical
- Summary:
- Bluetooth connection failures: there are various connectivity failures with the following devices: apple iphones: samsung s6 and the s6 edge.
- Bulletin:
- B620518
- Component:
- 118000 electrical system: software
- Summary:
- Heads up display sporadically inoperative: fault memory entry òb7f6e4 hud: fault in display backlighting òis stored in the instrument cluster.
- Bulletin:
- B620618
- Component:
- 091200 fuel system, other:storage:fuel gauge system
- Summary:
- Fuel gauge incorrectly displaying low fuel level: occasionally, on restart after refueling, the fuel gauge will display the fuel level as low (minimum) and the range display will be at an implausible (maximum) value.
- Bulletin:
- B650709
- Component:
- 353500 equipment:electrical:navigational system(global positioning system)
- Summary:
- Navigation system: reporting missing or incorrect road map data: the route guidance is inaccurate and therefore irritating to the customer; or it is not possible to locate certain addresses, for instance:
- Bulletin:
- B651117
- Component:
- 353500 equipment:electrical:navigational system(global positioning system)
- Summary:
- Navigation pro (nbt evo) map update not possible, navigation does not start: navigation system will not start at all or the: ònavigation system startsó message is permanently displayed; or
- Bulletin:
- B840616
- Component:
- 110000 electrical system
- Summary:
- Bmw online non-functional: check icc-id in account: bmw online/bmw connecteddrive not functional.
- Bulletin:
- B840818
- Component:
- 110000 electrical system
- Summary:
- Head unit high 2 reset while bluetooth is connected: the following event may cause an unexpected reset of the head unit high 2 (nbt evo) when:
- Bulletin:
- B120418
- Component:
- 060000 engine (pws)
- Summary:
- Buzzing noise from valvetronic motor before or after engine operation: buzzing noise may be heard from the valvetronic motor when the vehicle is unlocked, before the engine is started, or after the engine is turned off.
- Bulletin:
- B650709
- Component:
- 353500 equipment:electrical:navigational system(global positioning system)
- Summary:
- Navigation system: reporting missing or incorrect road map data: the route guidance is inaccurate and therefore irritating to the customer; or it is not possible to locate certain addresses, for instance:
- Bulletin:
- B661318
- Component:
- 275100 lane departure: sensing system: camera
- Summary:
- Service action: replace kafas camera (cameraassisted drivers assistance system): the kafas camera features are inoperative, and this does not trigger any warnings or check control messages.
- Bulletin:
- B651316
- Component:
- 350000 equipment
- Summary:
- Component protection active. head units cannot be swapped between vehicles for testing.: if either the head unit (nbt-evo or entry-nav-evo) or the body domain controller (bdc) are swapped into a different vehicle they will cause the head un
- Bulletin:
- B660717
- Component:
- 173100 latches/locks/linkages:tailgate:latch
- Summary:
- Deactivation of contactless tailgate opening and closing: customer desires to have contactless tailgate opening and closing (smart opener) deactivated.
- Bulletin:
- B660818
- Component:
- 010000 steering
- Summary:
- Erratic park distance control system behavior: false detections occur when the wheels are turned (left or right) to a full end stop steering position.
- Bulletin:
- B720417
- Component:
- 151600 seat belts:front:warning light/devices
- Summary:
- False warnings that the front passenger seat is occupied without the seat belt buckled: acoustic and visual warnings indicate that the front passenger seat is occupied and the seat belt is not fastened, when the seat is actually unoccupied.
- Bulletin:
- B840214
- Component:
- 350000 equipment
- Summary:
- Connecteddrive/bmw assist system diagnosis information: connecteddrive/bmw assist features are partially or completely inoperative.
- Bulletin:
- B840918
- Component:
- 350000 equipment
- Summary:
- Phone contacts: headunit basic 2 sorting order: improper sorting of phone contacts, in the on-board computer or in the central information display (cid), upon connecting to the vehicle:
- Bulletin:
- B520518
- Component:
- 110000 electrical system
- Summary:
- Seat memory switch sporadically not functioning: selecting one of the saved seat positions (via the memory seat position switch on the door panel), fails to work.
- Bulletin:
- B620518
- Component:
- 110000 electrical system
- Summary:
- Heads up display sporadically inoperative: fault memory entry òb7f6e4 hud: fault in display backlighting is stored in the instrument cluster.
- Bulletin:
- B620618
- Component:
- 117000 digital instrument panel
- Summary:
- Fuel gauge incorrectly displaying low fuel level after vehicle is refueled: occasionally, on restart after refueling, the fuel gauge will display the fuel level as low (minimum) and the range display will be at an implausible (maximum) valu
- Bulletin:
- B620818
- Component:
- 110000 electrical system
- Summary:
- Instrument cluster display shakes-shifts to the left: the instrument cluster intermittently flickers, shakes and has shifted to the left.
- Bulletin:
- B340116
- Component:
- 030000 brakes (pws)
- Summary:
- "?dynamic stability control (dsc) warning lamp, lights up this service information bulletin supersedes si 34 01 16 dated october 2016 . various ""dsc warning lamps lights up in the instrument cluster, including the display: ""suspension c
- Bulletin:
- B510317
- Component:
- 160000 structure
- Summary:
- ?b-pillar wind noise . while driving at highway speeds, wind noise can be heard from the rear of either or both front doors. sealing lip of inner window cavity seal is bent as shown on left below. seal placement should be as shown on right
- Bulletin:
- B610517
- Component:
- 136000 visibility:windshield wiper/washer
- Summary:
- ?window washer flow interruption . front windshield washers spray poorly or not at all. cause partially or completely pinched supply tube caused by misplaced tube holder on hood hinge. reposition and secure tube holder on the gas pressure
- Bulletin:
- B170217
- Component:
- 060000 engine and engine cooling
- Summary:
- "?check control (cc) message:""coolant level too low!"" is displayed . cc message: ""coolant level too low!"" appears in the display. the cooling system wasn't efficiently bled during the factory fill."
- Bulletin:
- B410117
- Component:
- 070000 fuel system, gasoline
- Summary:
- ?service action: pvc weld seam beneath luggage compartment . possible water leakage into luggage compartment through pvc weld on floor. improperly applied pvc weld on underside of vehicle, beneath luggage compartment.
- Bulletin:
- B511017
- Component:
- 162500 structure:body:tailgate
- Summary:
- ?loose, noisy, bmw emblem on tailgate . bmw emblem on tailgate wobbles and makes crackling noise when touched. incorrect initial installation.
- Bulletin:
- B520816
- Component:
- 220000 seats
- Summary:
- "front seat adjustment, wrong display/error recognition (faulty detection) in cid what is new ? g30 has been added. ? ""correction"" has changed from programming solution to replace seat switch. ? "procedure" has been changed to replace th
- Bulletin:
- B540117
- Component:
- 134000 visibility:sun roof assembly
- Summary:
- ?glass roof not closing . glass roof will not close. at least one of the following fault codes is stored: 30215: slide/tilt sunroof: invalid characteristic curve, no standardization exists 30295: electric sliding headliner: invalid characte
- Bulletin:
- B610917
- Component:
- 110000 electrical system
- Summary:
- "?fault code cd0600 in central gateway module . discovered during vehicle diagnosis, fault code cd0600 ""ethernet unexpected linkdown"" is recorded in central gateway module (zgw). no malfunction perceptible to the customer. erroneous fau
- Bulletin:
- B650417
- Component:
- 350000 equipment
- Summary:
- ?cross traffic warning missing from integrated owners manual . the crossing traffic warning (right of way warning) section is missing from the integral owner's manual (iba). the picture below shows the missing text. software error in the
- Bulletin:
- B650617
- Component:
- 353400 equipment:electrical:radio/tape deck/cd etc.
- Summary:
- ?satellite radio deterioration in reception quality due to new cellular frequencies . information inform the customer that the introduction of these expanded frequencies by the wireless mobile providers may be influencing reception qualit
- Bulletin:
- B112216
- Component:
- 060000 engine and engine cooling
- Summary:
- ?"engine oil pressure" on low mileage cars. check control message (ccm-212) states: "engine oil pressure. stop carefully" the following codes may be stored in the dme fault memory" 1c2002 - engine oil pump, pressure too low 1fb801 - ccm (id
- Bulletin:
- B340317
- Component:
- 251000 electronic stability control:automatic (asc)
- Summary:
- Dynamic stability control failure. instrument cluster indicates dynamic stability control (dsc) failure. you cannot establish communication with the dsc control unit. associated control units (dme, acsm) register dsc-related communication t
- Bulletin:
- B340417
- Component:
- 110000 electrical system
- Summary:
- "?dsc warning lamp illuminated after transport mode deactivation. after vehicle start-up from transport mode, the dsc warning lamp flashes. cc message "driving stabilization restricted" is displayed in the cid. the following faults are ente
- Bulletin:
- B511317
- Component:
- 132000 visibility:glass, side/rear
- Summary:
- Wind noise from rear side window. at highway speed, wind noise is heard from either rear side window. cause gap between the window guide and the window guide bar. replace the window guide after verification of cause.
- Bulletin:
- B511517
- Component:
- 176100 latches/locks/linkages:hood:latch
- Summary:
- Hood does not release properly. hood lever is pulled twice but the hood only achieves the pre-latch position on one side while the other is still latched. downward pressure on the side of the hood that remains latched will release it to th
- Bulletin:
- B611817
- Component:
- 110000 electrical system
- Summary:
- "sme fault code 21f02a. upon starting the vehicle, the following cc message is displayed to the customer: "powertrain malfunction!" (ccm-id: 633) in addition, one or several of the following cc message(s) may be displayed: "charging not pos
- Bulletin:
- B612217
- Component:
- 110000 electrical system
- Summary:
- Diagnostic communication with flexray control modules not possible. there are no customer complaints associated with this issue. the following control modules do not respond when diagnosing the vehicle with ista: advanced crash and safety m
- Bulletin:
- B620617
- Component:
- 110000 electrical system
- Summary:
- Instrument cluster resets. instrument cluster sporadically flickers and/or fails. instrument cluster performs spontaneous reset. instrument cluster software.
- Bulletin:
- B840311
- Component:
- 350000 equipment
- Summary:
- "?telematics device spares replacement part activation via dcsnet for bmw assist what's new: ? model: all models added along with 6ac option code ? situation: all information added ? information: deleted cdma related information and added a
- Bulletin:
- B170517
- Component:
- 100000 power train
- Summary:
- Service action: replace the mount for the transmission oil cooler thermostat. there may be a rattling noise coming from the engine area at the transmission oil cooler thermostat or (on xdrive models only) the transmission oil cooler lines c
- Bulletin:
- B410317
- Component:
- 060000 engine (pws)
- Summary:
- Service action: water ingress beneath luggage compartment. possible water leakage into luggage compartment through pvc weld on floor. accumulation of water in luggage compartment may not be noticed due to drain location in the vicinity. man
- Bulletin:
- B613417
- Component:
- 060000 engine and engine cooling
- Summary:
- "service action: program control units (gws). after the engine start-up, gear (drive or reverse) cannot be selected. message ""no drive position change possible"" is displayed in the cc display. gear can be selected only after vehicle goes
- Bulletin:
- B621017
- Component:
- 110000 electrical system
- Summary:
- Erroneous service inclusive cbs display. after pre-delivery check or after instrument cluster exchange, bmw service inclusive is displayed although the vehicle does not feature the optional service inclusive coverage. instrument cluster dis
- Bulletin:
- B660617
- Component:
- 110000 electrical system
- Summary:
- The smart opener tailgate is activated too easily. the touchless tailgate opening/closing activation is: * too sensitive * randomly initiated software error in the tailgate function module
- Bulletin:
- B612817
- Component:
- 060000 engine and engine cooling
- Summary:
- "sme fault code 21f04b. one or several of the following check control messages (ccm) may be displayed: ""engine fault! power loss"" (ccm-id: 29) ""powertrain malfunction!"" (ccm-id: 633) ""hybrid system malfunctioning!"" (ccm-id: 585) note:
- Bulletin:
- B620817
- Component:
- 110000 electrical system
- Summary:
- Instrument cluster cannot be programmed. when programming the vehicle the instrument cluster fails to program. missing software for instrument cluster.
- Bulletin:
- B840214
- Component:
- 350000 equipment
- Summary:
- Connecteddrive/bmw assist system diagnosis information this service information bulletin replaces si b84 02 14 dated july 2014 what's new: model - removed models which no longer support bmw assist functionality and added new models. proce
- Bulletin:
- B160417
- Component:
- 070000 fuel system, gasoline
- Summary:
- Dme fault code 194006 tank leakage detection module, solenoid valve: jammed open. malfunction indicator lamp (mil) is illuminated. the following fault code is stored in the dme: 194006 tank leakage detection module, solenoid valve: jammed
- Bulletin:
- B340517
- Component:
- 030000 service brakes, hydraulic
- Summary:
- Ticking noise while cornering without the brakes applied. ticking noise coming from front wheel while cornering without brakes applied; noticeable at low speeds. vehicle must be moving. microscopic slippage of contact surface interface betw
- Bulletin:
- B513017
- Component:
- 160000 structure
- Summary:
- A-pillar wind noise. at vehicle speeds above 60 mph, wind noise is heard from the vicinity of the a-pillar. excessive gap between the roof trim strip and the a-pillar.
- Bulletin:
- B620717
- Component:
- 110000 electrical system
- Summary:
- Instrument cluster remains dark & does not start up this service information bulletin replaces si b62 07 17 dated may 2017 what's new: changed affected production dates & options procedure wording changed i-level of software. g12 (7 seri
- Bulletin:
- B650414
- Component:
- 140000 air bags
- Summary:
- "airbag warning light: acsm fc 930a60 or 930a1c seat occupancy detection. according to the customer, the airbag warning light was on, but it may not be on when the vehicle arrives in the workshop. 1. acsm fault code ""930a60 - seat occupanc
- Bulletin:
- B661117
- Component:
- 185000 vehicle speed control:cruise control
- Summary:
- Acc (active cruise control): cannot delete fault code 022126. acc fault code 022126 does not delete from acc control unit fault code memory. may occur in combination with under-voltage fault codes: * bdc 0x80402f - battery deeply discharged
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