# Service bulletin SI\-B12\-18\-08

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10027625
- Published by NHTSA: 2009\-01\-27
- Manufacturer's number: SI\-B12\-18\-08
- Manufacturer's date: 2008\-07\-01
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL

## NHTSA's summary

BMW: THE ENGINE OIL LEVEL DISPLAYED IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER MAY BE TOO HIGH OR TOO LOW. OIL LEVEL COULD BE LOWER THAN WHAT IS DISPLAYED AND THE LOW OIL LEVEL WARNING IS NOT PROMPTLY SHOWN. E60, E61, E82, E90, E92 \& E93 MODELS. \*PE

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Electrical system, Instrument cluster

## Vehicles listed

- 2006 to 2008 BMW 1 SERIES
- 2006 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2006 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2006 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2006 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2006 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2006 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2007 to 2008 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2007 to 2008 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2007 to 2008 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2007 to 2008 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2006 to 2008 BMW 5 SERIES

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SI\-B\-12\-04\-05](/bulletins/10028370.md), 2009-03-27, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. BMW: CHECK ENGINE LAMP ILLUMINATED AND/OR VEHICLE OVERHEATS. MODELS E83, E85, E86, E70, E90, E91, E92, E93, E60 AND E61. \*PE UPDATED 5/24/11. \*PE
- [721006](/bulletins/10020032.md), 2006-07-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. RED AIRBAG WARNING LAMP \(AWL\) IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER REMAINS ILLUMINATED AFTER TURNING ON KL\-15 AND COMPLETING THE SELF\-CHECK, BUT GOES OUT AGAIN IF THE KEY IS CYCLED OFF/ON. \*TT
- [720906](/bulletins/10020030.md), 2006-07-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. THE RED AIRBAG WARNING LAMP \(AWL\) IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER IS ILLUMINATED AND FAULT CODE 93EB EMERGENCY CALL FUNCTION IS STORED IN THE MRS5 \(MULTIPLE RESTRAINT SYSTEM\) CONTROL MODULE. \*TT

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