TSB B640422 — BMW Service bulletin

B640422 is a service bulletin on file with NHTSA for the BMW X3, 2017–2022 model years. A TSB is factory repair guidance, not a recall — the repair is not automatically free.

What the bulletin says. An interference noise (groaning noise) can be heard from within the heating and air-conditioning unit in thecenter of the instrument panel. The groaning noise always occurs when either a ventilation flap, air stratification flap or the recirculated airflap moves to a different…

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

1Document filed
1Vehicle named
6Model years

Vehicles and model years B640422 names

VehicleModel years
BMW X3 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

Every document filed under B640422

Document IDFiledType
B640422 February 16, 2024 Service bulletin

What B640422 covers

Electrical, Visibility & wipers — the component vocabulary NHTSA files this communication under.

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Questions buyers ask

What is TSB B640422?

B640422 is a service bulletin filed with NHTSA by BMW, covering the BMW X3 across the 2017–2022 model years. NHTSA's summary reads: An interference noise (groaning noise) can be heard from within the heating and air-conditioning unit in thecenter of the instrument panel. The groaning noise always occurs when either a ventilation flap, air stratification flap or the recirculated airflap moves to a different…

Which vehicles does B640422 cover?

NHTSA's file names BMW X3 (2017–2022). 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 B640422 a recall, and is the repair free?

No. B640422 is repair guidance the manufacturer sent its dealers, not a safety defect finding. You pay for the work unless the vehicle is still under warranty. Recall repairs, by contrast, are always free.

How do I get the full text of B640422?

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 B640422, 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 B640422. Check any specific vehicle's open recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.