BMW 320I 2012–2015 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 180213 · NHTSA communication 10147929 · issued Jan 1, 2014
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2012–2015
model years
16
vehicle entries
Official summary
"Exhaust Flap Actuator Is Loose. INFORMATION Covered under the terms of the BMW New Vehicle/SAV Limited Warranty Defect Code:18 12 03 39 00https://www.bmwtis.net/tiscode/cgi-bin/bulletin.aspx?sie_path=/tsb/bulletins/htm_store/159...2/5/2014 Page 2 of 2 Labor Operation:Labor Allowance:Refer to KSDReplacing exhaust flap actuator driveLabor operation code 18 12 081 is a Main labor operation. If you are using a Main labor code for another repair, use the Plus code labor operation 18 12 581 instead. Refer to KSD2 for the corresponding flat rate unit (FRU) allowance. Enter the Chassis Number, which
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.