BMW 3 Series 2000–2011 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SIB-11-08-03 · NHTSA communication 10037010 · issued Jul 1, 2010
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2000–2011
model years
50
vehicle entries
Official summary
Bmw: six different models equipped with the m54 engine could have valve covers break in cold weather and ruin the engine. This is due to moisture accumulation. *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 5 Series
- 2001 BMW 5 Series
- 2002 BMW 5 Series
- 2003 BMW 5-Series
- 2004 BMW 5 Series
- 2005 BMW 5 Series
- 2006 BMW 5 Series
- 2007 BMW 5 Series
- 2008 BMW 5 Series
- 2009 BMW 5 Series
- 2010 BMW 5 Series
- 2011 BMW 5 Series
- 2004 BMW X3
- 2005 BMW X3
- 2006 BMW X3
- 2011 BMW X3
- 2007 BMW X3 Sav
- 2008 BMW X3 Sav
- 2009 BMW X3 Sav
- 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
- 2002 BMW Z4
- 2003 BMW Z4
- 2004 BMW Z4
- 2005 BMW Z4
- 2006 BMW Z4
- 2007 BMW Z4
- 2009 BMW Z4
- 2010 BMW Z4
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.