TSB B510525 — BMW Service campaign
B510525 is a service campaign on file with NHTSA for the BMW X3, 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. The pins for the pull handle may have not been correctly plastic welded to the front passenger door panel.
NHTSA's own summary of the document, quoted from the public manufacturer-communications file.
Worth checking your VIN against. B510525 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 B510525 names
Every document filed under B510525
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 ID | Filed | Type |
|---|---|---|
| B510525 | April 15, 2025 | Service campaign |
| B510525 | February 7, 2025 | Service campaign |
What B510525 covers
Body & structure — the component vocabulary NHTSA files this communication under.
Questions buyers ask
What is TSB B510525?
B510525 is a service campaign filed with NHTSA by BMW, covering the BMW X3 across the 2025 model years. NHTSA's summary reads: The pins for the pull handle may have not been correctly plastic welded to the front passenger door panel.
Which vehicles does B510525 cover?
NHTSA's file names BMW X3 (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 B510525 a recall, and is the repair free?
B510525 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 B510525?
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 B510525, its date, and NHTSA's own summary from the public file.
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 B510525. Check any specific vehicle's open recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.