November 1, 2018 Service bulletin

Delivery stop: program body domain controller (BDC).

BMW technical service bulletin B611518 for 2019 BMW X5 and 2018 BMW 8 Series.

Bulletin number: B611518
Component: Electrical system
Summary: DELIVERY STOP: PROGRAM BODY DOMAIN CONTROLLER (BDC). In case of a rollover-crash, the doors should be locked after the crash and only unlocked after 6 s. In case of a frontal crash, the doors should be unlocked after 160 milliseconds. Due to software errors in the Body Domain Controller (BDC) a rollover-crash leads to an immediate unlocking (after 30 milliseconds) and in a frontal crash the doors are unlocked only after 300 milliseconds. BDC software error

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