TSB B120425 — BMW Service campaign

B120425 is a service campaign on file with NHTSA for the BMW X5, 2022–2025 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. As a result of a data input error, certain fault memories are permanently stored. The permanent storage offault memories does not comply with the legal specifications of the authority (California Air Resources Board– CARB). The fault has no effect on the use of the vehicle by…

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

2Documents filed
1Vehicle named
4Model years

Worth checking your VIN against. B120425 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 B120425 names

VehicleModel years
BMW X5 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Every document filed under B120425

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
B120425 June 11, 2025 Emissions communication
B120425 April 25, 2025 Service campaign

What B120425 covers

Electrical — the component vocabulary NHTSA files this communication under.

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Questions buyers ask

What is TSB B120425?

B120425 is a service campaign filed with NHTSA by BMW, covering the BMW X5 across the 2022–2025 model years. NHTSA's summary reads: As a result of a data input error, certain fault memories are permanently stored. The permanent storage offault memories does not comply with the legal specifications of the authority (California Air Resources Board– CARB). The fault has no effect on the use of the vehicle by…

Which vehicles does B120425 cover?

NHTSA's file names BMW X5 (2022–2025). 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 B120425 a recall, and is the repair free?

B120425 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 B120425?

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 B120425, 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 B120425. Check any specific vehicle's open recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.