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BMW X3 2011–2015technical service bulletin

Bulletin 631214 · NHTSA communication 10148425 · issued Nov 1, 2014

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
2011–2015
model years
5
vehicle entries

Official summary

Check Control Message with Rear Light Failure. Intermittently, a Check Control Message (CCM) is displayed for one or more rear light failures: z Rear light z Brake light z Rear indicator One or more fault codes are registered in the Footwell Module (FRM) for one or more circuits with the fault not currently present: z 800F46 - Indicator rear left defective z 800F56 - Brake light left defective z 800F57 - Brake light right defective z 800F81 - Adaptive brake light, right, faulty z 802812 - Brake light / direction indicator, left: light faulty or open circuit z 802813 - Brake light / direction i

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.