BMW S63 maintenance intervals

BMW's maintenance booklets never name an engine: they list services by model column and count them in engine oil services ("every 6th engine oil service, approx. 60,000 mi"). This page reads those booklets for the cars that carry the S63 and prints their figures in the first two tables. Where BMW gives no number, a separate table shows SixLine's own estimates, labelled as such.

Intervals BMW prints for S63 cars

An oil service is the booklet's unit, but no booklet prints a mileage for the oil change itself (BMW calls it Condition Based Service). The distance shown for one oil service is therefore derived, our own division of what the booklets do print: from MY2017 the 2nd service is "approx. 20,000 mi", so one service ≈ 10,000 mi ≈ 16,000 km; in MY2014–2016 spark plugs are due "at every 6th Engine Oil Service (approximately 60,000 miles)", so one service ≈ 10,000 mi ≈ 16,000 km; in MY2010–2013 spark plugs are due at "60,000 miles or at every 4th Engine Oil Service" ("45,000 miles or at every 3rd" for the turbo cars; MY2013: "4th … approximately 60,000 miles"), so one service ≈ 15,000 mi ≈ 24,000 km. In MY2014 the X6 M's own booklet prints spark plugs "at the 4th service (approximately 60,000 miles)", i.e. 15,000 mi per service, against 10,000 mi for the other cars. The MY2014 booklets print their connected services "for vehicles built as of July 2013". The MY2007–2011 booklets add the note "Change oil at least once a year." The oil change itself is not fixed: CBS counts it down on the car, and BMW also codes some cars with a shorter or longer oil interval (option codes 8K…). BMW of North America's bulletin SI B01 06 13 (October 2013) states the engine-oil "Due in" date uses a 12-month interval on BMW vehicles produced on or after July 1, 2013 (24 months before that; E71 and E88 excepted), and the vehicle check a 48-month interval.

How the intervals change by model year

Air-filter timing depends on the model column, so different cars on this engine can sit at different services in the same year.

Running-in service and differential oil on M cars

From MY2013 (M5, M6) and MY2015 (every M booklet) the booklets prescribe a 1,200-mile (≈ 1,930 km) running-in service for M models only: engine oil and filter and rear-axle differential oil (older booklets add manual-gearbox oil); the X5 M / X6 M and the MY2012 M6 booklets do not mention one. After it the M columns differ by year and model: spark plugs at the 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 6th oil service and the rear differential fluid at the 3rd, 5th or 6th, as the table above shows for each year.

SixLine's estimates for everything else

BMW leaves these items to CBS or gives no number: brake pads and brake discs run through CBS, brake fluid and the gearbox oils are printed in some booklet years only (see the table above) and not in the others, and the cooling system is described as long-term rated. So SixLine starts from the preventive estimates below. They are SixLine's own numbers, not BMW's, and every interval can be edited in the app. For a US car covered by a booklet, the BMW figures in the table above replace the estimate for those items.

Sources

• MY2011 booklet (X5 M/X6 M), PDF p. 10–12
• MY2012 booklet (X5 M/X6 M), PDF p. 10–12; MY2012 booklet (M6), PDF p. 8–11
• MY2013 booklet (M3/M5/M6), PDF p. 10–14 (Same text in the M5 and M6 files (-M5-, -M6-).); MY2013 booklet (X5 M/X6 M), PDF p. 10–13
• MY2014 booklet (M5/M6), PDF p. 10–12; MY2014 booklet (X6 M), PDF p. 11–13
• MY2015 booklet (M3/M4/M5/M6), PDF p. 10–12; MY2015 booklet (X5 M/X6 M), PDF p. 9–10
• MY2016 booklet (M2/M3/M4/M5/M6), PDF p. 10–12
• MY2017 booklet, printed p. 7–8
• MY2018 booklet, printed p. 7
• MY2019 booklet, printed p. 10–12
• MY2020 booklet, printed p. 10–11
• MY2021 booklet, printed p. 10–11 (Dealer-hosted mirror of the BMW print file; no bmwusa.com URL located.)
• MY2022 booklet, printed p. 10–11
• MY2023 booklet, printed p. 9–10
• MY2024 booklet, printed p. 11–12
• MY2025 booklet, printed p. 11–16
• Engine facts: Wikipedia (fetched 2026-11-10).