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BMW service campaign 0061200900

BMW filed this with NHTSA as a service campaign dated May 30, 2025, received May 31, 2025, about the electrical system — 1 document under this number: B610825. It names 1 model year (2025). A service campaign 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.

What the bulletin says

Source: NHTSA's summary of the manufacturer's communication

The operating time value was written too high in the Storage Management Electronics (SME) during thehigh-voltage battery “End Of Line� (EOL) test. The excessive operating hours input results in a significant limitation in the charging capacity when vehicleis be charged with DC.

Manufacturer campaign id 0061200900 Kind Service campaign Manufacturer date May 30, 2025 Received by NHTSA May 31, 2025 Components Electrical System

Document filed under this number

DocumentKindDatedNHTSA idAt NHTSA
B610825Service campaignMay 30, 202511018729not yet checked

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 them

A vehicle page’s bulletin list shows the newest few communications filed against that model year; the count there is every one.

Common questions

Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR 579.5

Is BMW 0061200900 a recall?

No. A service campaign 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 0061200900 repair free?

A service campaign 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 0061200900 cover?

The manufacturer filed it against 1 model year: 2025 BMW i5. Whether one particular vehicle is affected is a matter of its VIN and its build, not its model year alone.