BMW 320I 2012–2014 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 610413 · NHTSA communication 10149447 · issued Feb 1, 2013
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2012–2014
model years
11
vehicle entries
Official summary
"After FEM Replacement, ISTA/P Unable to Read Vehicle Order. After the FEM (Front Electronic Module) is replaced, ISTA/P states ""The vehicle order could not be read from the vehicle. Import of the vehicle order required."" The replacement FEM does not contain the vehicle-specific data, including the Vehicle Order (VO). The proper ISTA/P parts replacement procedure was not performed."
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.