Service bulletin SI-B13-04-09

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10029104
Published by NHTSA	2009-06-15
Manufacturer's number	SI-B13-04-09
Manufacturer's date	2013-05-01
Replaces	SI-B13-04-09-D
NHTSA component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

NHTSA's summary

BMW: DURING THE COLD START IN THE MORNING, THE ENGINE RUNS VERY ROUGHLY AND THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LAMP IS ILLUMINATED. MODELS E82, E88, E90, E92, E93, E60, AND E61. MODEL YEARS UNKNOWN. *PE UPDATED 4/21/10. *PE UPDATED ON 4/18/2013. *KB UPDATED ON 4/25/2013. MODELS ARE F01, F02, E82, E88, E89, E90, E92, E93, E60, E61, E71. MODEL YEARS STILL UNKNOWN. *KB UPDATED 7/10/13. *PE

The document

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Components

Engine

Vehicles listed
BMW BMW
BMW X6	2006 to 2007
BMW X6	2008, 2009, 2010

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
18V248000	2018-04-18. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER
2014127	2014-04-10. Engine
11V521000	2011-10-20. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OTHER FUEL TYPES:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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