BMW bulletin B612422
What it saysDelivery Stop: Combined Charging Unit. NHTSA’s full summary ↓
BMW filed this with NHTSA as a service bulletin dated Jan 2, 2024, received Dec 12, 2022, about the equipment — 2 documents under this number. It names 1 model year (2022). A service bulletin is not a safety recall: it is the manufacturer telling its dealers how to diagnose or repair a condition, and whether the work is paid for depends on the warranty in force. Quoting the number at a service desk can save a diagnosis.
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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.
Delivery Stop: Combined Charging Unit. BMW AG has issued a Delivery Stop (effective October 14, 2022) on a small number of Model Year 2023 BMW i4 Gran Coupe vehicles that were produced between July 5, 2022 and July 28, 2022.
Documents filed under this number
| Document | Kind | Dated | NHTSA id | At NHTSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B612422 | Service bulletin | Jan 2, 2024 | 10249029 | PDF, 172 KB |
| B612422 | Service bulletin | Oct 1, 2022 | 10227564 | not found |
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.
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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 10 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.
Vehicle was charging at home and spontaneously began smoking. Fire department called and determined it was the battery, began over heating and caught fire. Could have potentially exploded if they didn’t get their as soon as they did
2022 BMW i4 · Electrical System · filed with NHTSA Sep 28, 2026 · ODI 11767438
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 equipment
Source: same model, same component group4 other manufacturer communications filed against the BMW i4 under the same component group (equipment), newest first.
| Number | Kind | Dated | NHTSA’s summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| B640623 | Service bulletin | Dec 20, 2023 | While the vehicle is at a standstill, a clicking noise can be heard in the passenger compartment. It must bequiet without other electrical l… |
| B653823 | Service bulletin | Dec 19, 2023 | If regional navigational maps are downloaded into the vehicle via over-the-air, they cannot be installed into the active Navigation. |
| B840323 | Service bulletin | Dec 6, 2023 | BMW AG has issued a Delivery Stop (effective February 9, 2023) on certain Model Year 2022 – 2023 BMW vehicles that were produced between Jun… |
| B120323 | Service bulletin | Jun 1, 2023 | BMW AG has issued a Delivery Stop effective June 6, 2023 on certain Model Year 2023 - 2024 BMW vehicles that were produced between October 2… |
Quote the number at the service desk. It is what the dealer’s system is keyed on.
Every manufacturer communication NHTSA holds for BMW, by the number printed on the letter.
Common questions
Source: NHTSA, 49 CFR 579.5Is BMW B612422 a recall?
No. A service bulletin 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 B612422 repair free?
Not automatically. A service bulletin describes how to diagnose or repair a condition; who pays depends on the warranty in force, any extension, and the dealer. Quoting the number can save a diagnosis either way. Every BMW warranty extension on file lists the ones BMW has filed.
Which vehicles does B612422 cover?
The manufacturer filed it against 1 model year: 2022 BMW i4. 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: G26 I4 Gran Coupe: built 5 Jul 2022 – 28 Jul 2022; BMW i4 Gran Coupe vehicles that were: built 5 Jul 2022 – 28 Jul 2022 — the build date is on the certification label in the driver’s door jamb.