TSB SIB510522 — BMW Service bulletin

SIB510522 is a service bulletin on file with NHTSA for the BMW X3, 2004–2016 model years. A TSB is factory repair guidance, not a recall — the repair is not automatically free.

What the bulletin says. BMW AG has issued a Delivery Stop (effective March 28, 2022) on certain Model Year 2022 BMW vehicles that were produced between March 1, 2022 and March 8, 2022 because the torsion struts may not have been installed at the plant. Do not deliver to a customer, a New, Certified…

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

1Document filed
1Vehicle named
13Model years

Vehicles and model years SIB510522 names

VehicleModel years
BMW X3 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Every document filed under SIB510522

Document IDFiledType
SIB510522 July 1, 2022 Service bulletin

What SIB510522 covers

Suspension — the component vocabulary NHTSA files this communication under.

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Questions buyers ask

What is TSB SIB510522?

SIB510522 is a service bulletin filed with NHTSA by BMW, covering the BMW X3 across the 2004–2016 model years. NHTSA's summary reads: BMW AG has issued a Delivery Stop (effective March 28, 2022) on certain Model Year 2022 BMW vehicles that were produced between March 1, 2022 and March 8, 2022 because the torsion struts may not have been installed at the plant. Do not deliver to a customer, a New, Certified…

Which vehicles does SIB510522 cover?

NHTSA's file names BMW X3 (2004–2016). 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 SIB510522 a recall, and is the repair free?

No. SIB510522 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 SIB510522?

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 SIB510522, 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 SIB510522. Check any specific vehicle's open recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.