BMW X3 2010–2012 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SIB-16-05-11 · NHTSA communication 10042471 · issued Mar 1, 2012
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Other
component
2010–2012
model years
7
vehicle entries
Official summary
Bmw: fuel gauge sensor is not registering correct fuel level of full or near empty properly. Improvement task force available to help with diagnosis and repair of fuel level sensor. *pe updated 4/23/12. *pe updated 5/1/2012. *kb
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.