# Service bulletin SI\-B31\-01\-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: 10031624
- Published by NHTSA: 2010\-01\-06
- Manufacturer's number: SI\-B31\-01\-08
- Manufacturer's date: 2009\-09\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT; POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT

## NHTSA's summary

BMW: REPLACEMENT OF FRONT OUTER CV JOINT. COMPLAINTS OF CLICKING OR GRINDING NOISES COMING FROM THE FRONT AXLE AREA WHEN MAKING A TURN. THE FRONT OUTER CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT BOOT IS SPLIT OPEN AND THE JOINT IS ALREADY DAMAGED. \*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

Transmission and driveline, Axle

## Vehicles listed

- 2000 to 2006 BMW X5
- 2008 to 2009 BMW X5
- 2007 BMW X5 SAV

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [B310112](/bulletins/10146821.md), 2018-11-05, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. CLICKING NOISE FROM FRONT AXLE This Service Information bulletin supersedes SI 31 01 12 dated June 2015. Clicking noises are heard from the front axle area while maneuvering at low speeds \(e.g., parking lot maneuvers\). CAUSE Movement between the contact surfaces of the wheel bearing and swivel bearing \(knuckle\)
- [B310112](/bulletins/10142929.md), 2018-07-16, Service bulletin: STEERING; POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. CRACKING NOISES FROM THE FRONT AXLE AREA WHILE TURNING THE WHEELS, WHEN STATIONARY OR PARKING: Cracking noises are heard from the front axle area while maneuvering at low speeds \(e.g., parking lot maneuvers\) or when turning the steering wheel while stationary.
- [335003](/bulletins/10004535.md), 2003-12-18, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY. SERVICE ACTION ON CHECKING REAR AXLE DIFFERENTIAL BOLTS. \*TT

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