BMW warranty extension 001611900300
What it saysFuel tank limited warranty for leakage, due to defects in materials or workmanship, has been extended to 15 years/150,000 miles as determined from the original in-service date NHTSA’s full summary ↓
BMW filed this with NHTSA as a warranty extension dated Oct 25, 2024, received Oct 28, 2024, about the fuel/propulsion system — 1 document under this number: B010722. It names 2 model years (2016). A warranty extension is not a safety recall — there is no NHTSA campaign number and no federal requirement — but it is usually work the manufacturer pays for on the vehicles it names; the dealer checks the VIN against the manufacturer’s list.
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What the bulletin says
Source: NHTSA's summary of the manufacturer's communicationPicked out of NHTSA’s summary below, word for word. The document itself is the record, and the dealer checks the VIN.
What it applies to, as the document itself states it — the build window in the manufacturer’s own words, read by machine from the PDF NHTSA serves. The build date is on the certification label in the driver’s door jamb; the dealer settles a borderline vehicle by its VIN.
Fuel tank limited warranty for leakage, due to defects in materials or workmanship, has been extended to 15 years/150,000 miles as determined from the original in-service date
One of the 432 warranty extensions and special-coverage programs on file — every make, with the term each runs to.
Document filed under this number
| Document | Kind | Dated | NHTSA id | At NHTSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B010722 | Warranty extension | Oct 25, 2024 | 11009423 | PDF, 365 KB |
The summary is NHTSA’s abstract of the document, as filed under 49 CFR 579.5. One communication is usually filed as several documents — the bulletin, a dealer notice, an owner letter — and the number on any of them finds this page. A PDF link is shown only once NHTSA’s own server has been seen to serve that document; the rest are checked over the following nights. Quote the number at a service desk; it is what the dealer’s system is keyed on.
Model years it names
Source: as the manufacturer filed themA vehicle page’s bulletin list shows the newest few communications filed against that model year; the count there is every one.
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What owners reported
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseOwners of the 2 model years this bulletin names have filed 82 complaints with NHTSA since 2015. 2 of them name Fuel/Propulsion System — the same broad component group this bulletin is filed under. NHTSA groups complaints coarsely, so that means the same area of the vehicle, not necessarily the same fault.
The contact owns a 2016 Bmw M235I. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle the odor of fuel was present. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the fuel tank had cracked and needed to be replaced. The cause of the damaged fuel tank was not determined.
2016 BMW 2 Series · Fuel/Propulsion System · filed with NHTSA Nov 13, 2020 · ODI 11374618
A complaint is one owner’s account, not a defect finding, and a bulletin is not a recall. Nothing here says this bulletin was issued because of these complaints, or that the repair it describes fixed them. Complaint files on this site begin in 2015.
More bulletins about the fuel/propulsion system
Source: same model, same component group6 other manufacturer communications filed against these BMW models under the same component group (fuel/propulsion system), newest first.
| Number | Kind | Dated | NHTSA’s summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0016890200 | Service campaign | May 5, 2025 | BMW AG has decided on a service campaign for certain vehicles from the G2x series. Please have the Integrated Fuel Module control unit (IFM)… |
| B160125A | Other | Feb 22, 2025 | Update - Delivery Stop: Integrated Fuel Module |
| B160125B | Other | Feb 21, 2025 | B16 01 25 Integrated Fuel Module Delivery Stop Software Update |
| B160125 | Service campaign | Feb 14, 2025 | DELIVERY STOP: INTEGRATED FUEL MODULE |
| 1611900300 | Warranty extension | Oct 25, 2024 | Fuel tank limited warranty for leakage, due to defects in materials or workmanship, has been extended to 15 years/150,000 miles as determine… |
| B160123 | Service bulletin | Jan 5, 2024 | A vehicle arrives at your center to be diagnosed for a micro-leak in the fuel evaporative (EVAP) system(NVLD natural vacuum leak detection).… |
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Common questions
Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR 579.5Is BMW 001611900300 a recall?
No. A warranty extension is a manufacturer communication filed with NHTSA under 49 CFR 579.5; a safety recall carries an NHTSA campaign number (two digits, a letter, six digits) and a federal duty to repair for free. Check the vehicle’s recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls, or on its page here.
Is the 001611900300 repair free?
A warranty extension is usually paid by the manufacturer on the vehicles it names, within the terms and time limit the document sets; the dealer checks the VIN against the manufacturer’s list.
Which vehicles does 001611900300 cover?
The manufacturer filed it against 2 model years: 2016 BMW 2 Series, 2016 BMW 4 Series. Whether one particular vehicle is affected is a matter of its VIN and its build, not its model year alone. The document itself sets the build window: F22 2015 to 2016 228i and xDrive Coupe: built 18 Oct 2014 – 30 Apr 2016; F22 2017 230i and xDrive Coupe: built 23 Feb 2016 – 8 Mar 2016; Convertible: built 17 Jun 2015 – 30 Apr 2016 — the build date is on the certification label in the driver’s door jamb.