BMW 3 Series 2000–2011 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SIB-13-07-10 · NHTSA communication 10036982 · issued Jun 1, 2010
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2000–2011
model years
23
vehicle entries
Official summary
Bmw: there is a rough engine idle and "service engine soon light" when driving downhill in high altitudes during cold weather. There may be six different fault codes. *rm
Vehicles covered
- 2000 BMW 3 Series
- 2001 BMW 3 Series
- 2002 BMW 3 Series
- 2003 BMW 3 Series
- 2004 BMW 3 Series
- 2005 BMW 3 Series
- 2006 BMW 3 Series
- 2007 BMW 3 Series
- 2008 BMW 3 Series
- 2009 BMW 3 Series
- 2010 BMW 3 Series
- 2000 BMW X5
- 2001 BMW X5
- 2002 BMW X5
- 2003 BMW X5
- 2004 BMW X5
- 2005 BMW X5
- 2006 BMW X5
- 2008 BMW X5
- 2009 BMW X5
- 2010 BMW X5
- 2011 BMW X5
- 2007 BMW X5 Sav
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.