BMW X5 2007–2009 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 010511 · NHTSA communication 10150364 · issued Dec 1, 2012
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
2007–2009
model years
3
vehicle entries
Official summary
?BMW has become aware of a potential problem with the durability of the Tank Leak Diagnostic Module (DMTL) pump on MY 2007, 2008 and 2009 BMW X5 vehicles equipped with the N52K engine. A small percentage of these vehicles will actually develop this problem. Some of the affected vehicles will have the Service Engine Soon lamp illuminated, but the vehicle?s drivability and engine performance will not be reduced by this DMTL pump malfunction.
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.