TSB B120125 — BMW Service campaign

B120125 is a service campaign on file with NHTSA for the BMW X3, 2022–2024 model years, filed and re-filed as 2 documents. A TSB is factory repair guidance, not a recall — the repair is not automatically free.

What the bulletin says. Please have the control unit (DME) programmed in the vehicles concerned (according to the vehicle identification number selection), if possible, before vehicle delivery.

NHTSA's own summary of the document, quoted from the public manufacturer-communications file.

2Documents filed
1Vehicle named
3Model years

Worth checking your VIN against. B120125 is filed as a service campaign, which unlike an ordinary bulletin can mean free or reimbursed work when a vehicle qualifies. Ask a dealer using the document ID below, and check open recalls separately at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Vehicles and model years B120125 names

VehicleModel years
BMW X3 2022, 2023, 2024

Every document filed under B120125

Manufacturers re-issue a bulletin as the repair changes, and file separate copies for technicians and for owners. All of them carry the same number.

Document IDFiledType
B120125 June 6, 2025 Emissions communication
B120125 February 6, 2025 Service campaign

What B120125 covers

Electrical — the component vocabulary NHTSA files this communication under.

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Questions buyers ask

What is TSB B120125?

B120125 is a service campaign filed with NHTSA by BMW, covering the BMW X3 across the 2022–2024 model years. NHTSA's summary reads: Please have the control unit (DME) programmed in the vehicles concerned (according to the vehicle identification number selection), if possible, before vehicle delivery.

Which vehicles does B120125 cover?

NHTSA's file names BMW X3 (2022–2024). A bulletin number can be re-issued against more vehicles later, so check the model-year list on this page against your own.

Is TSB B120125 a recall, and is the repair free?

B120125 is filed as a service campaign, not a recall — but this is the kind of communication that can mean free or reimbursed work if your VIN qualifies. Take the number to a dealer and ask. Recalls are separate and always free; check yours by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

How do I get the full text of B120125?

Take the document ID to a dealer's service desk, or search NHTSA's manufacturer-communications records. This page carries every document ID filed under B120125, its date, and NHTSA's own summary from the public file.

Data updated 2026-08-20 from NHTSA's public records

Every number on this page is a count of records in the federal complaint, recall, and investigation files published by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. This page lists only what NHTSA's manufacturer-communications file records under B120125. Check any specific vehicle's open recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.