BMW service campaign 0061200900
What it saysThe operating time value was written too high in the Storage Management Electronics (SME) during thehigh-voltage battery “End Of Line” (EOL) test. NHTSA’s full summary ↓
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.
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What the bulletin says
Source: NHTSA's summary of the manufacturer's communicationWhat 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.
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.
Document filed under this number
| Document | Kind | Dated | NHTSA id | At NHTSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B610825 | Service campaign | May 30, 2025 | 11018729 | PDF, 190 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 1 model year this bulletin names have filed 8 complaints with NHTSA since 2015. 4 of them name Electrical 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 automatic emergency braking system and the forward collision warning system did not work. -The car is at the dealership where an SPI is being conducted. -While there was no serious injury, had a pedestrian been in front of me they would have been killed. -The manufacturer was notified the day of the accident.
2025 BMW i5 · Electrical System · filed with NHTSA Sep 8, 2026 · ODI 11762662
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 electrical system
Source: same model, same component group18 other manufacturer communications filed against the BMW i5 under the same component group (electrical system), newest first. The eight newest are listed; the rest are on the BMW list.
| Number | Kind | Dated | NHTSA’s summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| B610625 | Service bulletin | Aug 31, 2026 | Check Control message: "You can continue driving. Drivetrain” (00029) is displayed. The following fault code is stored in the CCU fault memo… |
| 0034040300 | Service campaign | Aug 20, 2026 | After replacement of the Integrated Braking system (IB)/Power Brake the total distance covered might be lower than when handed over to the w… |
| 0064450200 | Service campaign | Aug 12, 2026 | A faulty electric auxiliary heater may have been installed in the certain vehicles. This could result in thefailure of the electric auxiliar… |
| B610626 | Service bulletin | Jun 5, 2026 | Charging sessions cannot be started or they are interrupted while using a Level 2 AC high-power charging station, or with a Level 3 DC charg… |
| B610324 | Service bulletin | Apr 9, 2026 | Gen 5 BEV/PHEV vehicles may set the Combined Charging Unit (CCU) in programming abort due to no communication to the HV charge socket electr… |
| B061526 | Other | Feb 4, 2026 | High Voltage Connection Return |
| 0061320900 | Service campaign | Oct 21, 2025 | RSU availability. It is possible the State of Health (SoH) of the high-voltage (HV) battery is displayed incorrectly to the customer. The va… |
| B410525 | Service bulletin | Jun 27, 2025 | While attempting to fuel/charge the vehicle,the fuel/charge door will not open. |
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Common questions
Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR 579.5Is 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. The document itself sets the build window: 2026 BMW: built on or after 18 Feb 2025; G60 i5 Sedan Battery Electric Vehicle: built 18 Feb 2025 – 27 Mar 2025 — the build date is on the certification label in the driver’s door jamb.