BMW 335I 2011–2013 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 120113 · NHTSA communication 10149336 · issued Apr 1, 2013
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
2011–2013
model years
18
vehicle entries
Official summary
"Transmission Intermittently Goes into ""P"" or ""N"" after MSA Engine Start. The transmission can intermittently go into the Park (P) or Neutral (N) position after an MSA engine start without any customer influence. This problem is very sporadic, difficult to reproduce, and no relevant faults are stored. Unfavorable DME/EGS software"
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.