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BMW E36 1998–2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 240200 · NHTSA communication 628425 · issued Dec 1, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Power Train
component
1998–2001
model years
10
vehicle entries

Official summary

Customers may complain of hard or no shift and gear error fault codes 50, 52, 53, or 55 in the transmission control module. *tt

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.