BMW 3 Series 1994–2010 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SIB-61-37-12 · NHTSA communication 10051519 · issued Dec 1, 2012
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
1994–2010
model years
48
vehicle entries
Official summary
Bmw: the high-voltage (hv) battery cells could be damaged if the vehicle is prevented from entering sleep mode for an extended period of time. Updated 03/11/2013 *js
Vehicles covered
- 1994 BMW 3 Series
- 1995 BMW 3 Series
- 1996 BMW 3 Series
- 1997 BMW 3 Series
- 1998 BMW 3 Series
- 1999 BMW 3 Series
- 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
- 1994 BMW 5 Series
- 1995 BMW 5 Series
- 1996 BMW 5 Series
- 1997 BMW 5 Series
- 1998 BMW 5 Series
- 1999 BMW 5 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
- 1994 BMW 7 Series
- 1995 BMW 7 Series
- 1996 BMW 7 Series
- 1997 BMW 7 Series
- 1998 BMW 7 Series
- 1999 BMW 7 Series
- 2000 BMW 7 Series
- 2001 BMW 7 Series
- 2002 BMW 7 Series
- 2003 BMW 7 Series
- 2004 BMW 7 Series
- 2005 BMW 7 Series
- 2006 BMW 7 Series
- 2007 BMW 7 Series
- 2008 BMW 7 Series
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.