BMW warranty extension 1153900200
What it saysFor this vehicle, the engine coolant thermostat limited warranty for 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 Nov 14, 2024, received Nov 25, 2024, about the engine — 1 document under this number: B010121. It names 14 model years (2018–2020). 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.
For this vehicle, the engine coolant thermostat limited warranty for 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B010121 | Warranty extension | Nov 14, 2024 | 11010768 | PDF, 897 KB |
What the document itself lists
Labour operation and the time the manufacturer allows
| Operation | Description | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 17 99 000 | Work time to check the cooling system for watertightness with the special tool (Main… | 4 FRU |
Read by machine from the document NHTSA serves (12 pages), read Sep 30, 2026. A part number is shown only where it matches BMW’s own catalogue shape, an operation only with its code and time, and a description only where the reader got it whole; anything it could not settle is left out, and the PDF is the record. Times are the manufacturer’s warranty allowances, not a quote.
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 themAlso filed against model years this site has no page for: 2018 BMW 8 Series.
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What owners reported
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseOwners of the 13 model years this bulletin names have filed 533 complaints with NHTSA since 2015. 175 of them name Engine — 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.
On the 2019 BMW X5, the 18 owners who gave an odometer reading for Engine reported it at a median of 67,000 miles. That figure is one model year’s, not the whole range this bulletin covers — medians from different model years are not averaged.
The contact owns a 2020 BMW 750I. The contact stated that while driving in a parking lot at slow speeds, the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer where it was diagnosed that the expansion tank had cracked and leaked on the fuel rail and the injector had failed. The vehicle was repaired.
2020 BMW 7 Series · Engine · filed with NHTSA May 20, 2025 · ODI 11662182
The contact owns a 2019 BMW X6. The contact stated that the vehicle was leaking oil. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer where it was diagnosed the catalectic converter was missing and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted.
2019 BMW X6 · Engine · filed with NHTSA Aug 11, 2022 · ODI 11478741
While driving to the store my husband notice the vehicle began to over heat. After only driving less than 2 miles the vehicle was parked at my home, it suddenly burst into flames from the engine an hour later. Gratefully, no one was in the vehicle during the incident. We are a family of 5 so that would have been a disgrace.
2019 BMW X6 · Engine · filed with NHTSA Apr 23, 2025 · ODI 11656425
In depth: 2019 BMW X5 engine problems →
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 engine
Source: same model, same component group68 other manufacturer communications filed against these BMW models under the same component group (engine), newest first. The eight newest are listed; the rest are on the BMW list.
| Number | Kind | Dated | NHTSA’s summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0011320800 | Service campaign | Oct 21, 2026 | The cylinder head cover was not installed correctly at the assembly plant. |
| 0012870600 | Service campaign | Oct 10, 2026 | Due to an implementation error in various OBD diagnostics in the vehicle's control units, in very rare cases itmay happen that stored fault… |
| 1171901000 | Warranty extension | Sep 22, 2026 | The Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) Cooler (with EGR Valve) and the Auxiliary Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) Cooler limited warranty for de… |
| B121126 | Service bulletin | Sep 9, 2026 | Potential customer complaints with no fault codes stored / No MIL displayed. 1. “Rough idle after idling for a longer period of time” 2. “Ve… |
| 0011460700 | Emissions | Aug 26, 2026 | The return springs on the exhaust camshaft followers (switchable rocker arm) may break. |
| B064426 | Other | Aug 22, 2026 | Air Flap Return |
| B130126 | Service campaign | Aug 14, 2026 | Delivery Stop - Exhaust System Gasket |
| 0018030200 | Service campaign | Aug 14, 2026 | An exhaust gas sealing ring between thelower catalytic converter and upper catalyticconverter may be missing (1). |
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Common questions
Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR 579.5Is BMW 1153900200 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 1153900200 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 1153900200 cover?
The manufacturer filed it against 14 model years: 2020 BMW 7 Series, 2019 BMW 7 Series, 2018 BMW 7 Series, 2020 BMW 8 Series, 2019 BMW 8 Series, 2020 BMW X5 and more. 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: G05 2019 to 2020 X5 xDrive50i: built 12 Jul 2018 – 26 Jul 2020; G05 2020 X5 M50i: built 14 Jul 2019 – 28 Jul 2020; G06 2020 X6 M50i: built 17 Jul 2019 – 27 Jul 2020 — the build date is on the certification label in the driver’s door jamb.