BMW 323CI 1999–2008 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 120913 · NHTSA communication 10150160 · issued Nov 1, 2013
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
1999–2008
model years
60
vehicle entries
Official summary
State Inspection and Emission (I/M) Test Fails Due To an Invalid VIN Number. The customer of an affected vehicle may fail to pass an I/M test due to a non-compliant 17digit vehicle identification number (VIN) stored in the DME (Digital Motor Electronic). The VIN read out and displayed on the state test printout does not match the actual VIN of the vehicle. If the DME was reprogrammed using the previously available BMW service equipment (e.g., Progman, GT1), it is possible that only the last 7 digits of the VIN were entered into the DME, and positions 4 through10 may only contain default charac
Vehicles covered
- 2000 BMW 323CI
- 1999 BMW 323I
- 2000 BMW 323I
- 2001 BMW 325CI
- 2002 BMW 325CI
- 2003 BMW 325CI
- 2004 BMW 325CI
- 2005 BMW 325CI
- 2006 BMW 325CI
- 2001 BMW 325I
- 2002 BMW 325I
- 2003 BMW 325I
- 2004 BMW 325I
- 2005 BMW 325I
- 2001 BMW 325IT
- 2002 BMW 325IT
- 2003 BMW 325IT
- 2004 BMW 325IT
- 2001 BMW 325XI
- 2002 BMW 325XI
- 2003 BMW 325XI
- 2004 BMW 325XI
- 2005 BMW 325XI
- 2002 BMW 325XIT
- 2003 BMW 325XIT
- 2004 BMW 325XIT
- 2000 BMW 328CI
- 1999 BMW 328I
- 2000 BMW 328I
- 2001 BMW 330CI
- 2002 BMW 330CI
- 2003 BMW 330CI
- 2004 BMW 330CI
- 2005 BMW 330CI
- 2006 BMW 330CI
- 2001 BMW 330I
- 2002 BMW 330I
- 2003 BMW 330I
- 2004 BMW 330I
- 2005 BMW 330I
- 2001 BMW 330XI
- 2002 BMW 330XI
- 2003 BMW 330XI
- 2004 BMW 330XI
- 2005 BMW 330XI
- 2001 BMW M3
- 2002 BMW M3
- 2003 BMW M3
- 2004 BMW M3
- 2005 BMW M3
- 2006 BMW M Roadster
- 2007 BMW M Roadster
- 2008 BMW M Roadster
- 2004 BMW X3
- 2005 BMW X3
- 2006 BMW X3
- 2007 BMW X3
- 2008 BMW X3
- 2000 BMW X5
- 2001 BMW X5
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.