"Subject N55
BMW technical service bulletin 120915 for 2014-2016 BMW X5, 2012-2016 BMW 328I and 2011-2016 BMW X3 and others.
- Bulletin number
- 120915
- Component
- Vehicle speed control
- Summary
- "SUBJECT N55: Slight Surging at Constant Speeds when Accelerating Very Lightly. The vehicle shudders or surges slightly while driving at constant speeds and applying the accelerator very lightly. This symptom is most easily reproduced under light loads when the current fuel consumption is approximately 3448 miles per gallon. The current fuel consumption can selected and monitored in the instrument cluster while driving (the ""fuel consumption, current"" option is set to active in the settings menu). No relevant fault will be stored in the DME memory. DME software; the fuel injection rate under these conditions is too close to the minimum calculated threshold."
Owners of these vehicles have filed 123 complaints in the acceleration category.
Vehicles covered
- BMW X5 2014-2016 201420152016
- BMW 328I 2012-2016 20122013201420152016
- BMW X3 2011-2016 201120122013201420152016
- BMW 528I 2011-2016 201120122013201420152016
- BMW 335I 2012-2016 20122013201420152016
- BMW 535I 2011-2016 201120122013201420152016
- BMW 550I 2011-2016 201120122013201420152016
- BMW 328D 2014-2016 201420152016
- BMW X6 2015-2016 20152016
- BMW 428I 2014-2016 201420152016
- BMW 320I 2013-2016 2013201420152016
- BMW M5 2013-2016 2013201420152016
- BMW 650I 2012-2016 20122013201420152016
- BMW X4 2015-2016 20152016
- BMW 535D 2014-2016 201420152016
- BMW 228I 2014-2016 201420152016
- BMW 435I 2014-2016 201420152016
- BMW 330E 2016 2016
- BMW 535I US 2011 2011
- BMW 640I 2012-2016 20122013201420152016
- BMW M6 2013-2016 2013201420152016
- BMW M235I 2014-2016 201420152016
- BMW 550i Gran Turismo 2010-2012 201020112012
- BMW 340I 2016 2016
- BMW Active Hybrid 3 2012-2015 2012201320142015
- BMW 535i Gran Turismo 2010-2012 201020112012
- BMW Active Hybrid 5 2013 2013
- BMW 525d Xdrive 2014 2014
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