BMW 318 1995–1996 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 61 19 96 · NHTSA communication 52227 · issued Jan 1, 1997
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
1995–1996
model years
8
vehicle entries
Official summary
Central locking switch - certain central locking switches may be overly sensitive to vibration, such as that encountered when driving over rough road surfaces - in such cases, the doors of the vehicle could be centrally locked without touching the central locking switch. *tw
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.