BMW 3 Series 2000–2011 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SIB-13-06-10 · NHTSA communication 10036985 · issued Jun 1, 2010
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2000–2011
model years
23
vehicle entries
Official summary
Bmw: a service engine soon light comes on. The engine will only operate to 1500 rpms and lacks power. There is a software application error. *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.