BMW X3 2009–2013 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SIB-12-12-13 · NHTSA communication 10052358 · issued May 1, 2013
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2009–2013
model years
5
vehicle entries
Official summary
Bmw: on some vehicles, the alternator would malfunction, due to sporadically charging or not charge at all, intermittently, when engine's at operating temperature. Models f10, f25. No model years listed. *pe
Vehicles covered
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.