# Service bulletin SIB\-12\-09\-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: 10032781
- Published by NHTSA: 2010\-05\-22
- Manufacturer's number: SIB\-12\-09\-08
- Manufacturer's date: 2008\-02\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

BMW VEHICLE: DRIVEABILITY COMPLAINTS DUE TO COOLING FAN RELAY FAILURE. THE CUSTOMER MAY COMPLAIN OF INTERMITTENT DRIVEABILITY PROBLEMS, DESCRIBED AS\-ENGINE IS LACKING POWER WHEN ACCELERATING UPHILL; TRANSMISSION WILL NOT UPSHIFT UNDER HEAVY ACCELERATION; DISTINCT HESITATION WHEN ACCELERATING FROM 30\-45MPH. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. \*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, Engine, Cooling fan, Cooling system

## Vehicles listed

- BMW 5 SERIES
- 2000 to 2009 BMW 5 SERIES
- BMW 6 SERIES
- 2000 to 2008 BMW 6 SERIES
- 2007 BMW 6\-SERIES
- BMW X5
- 2000 to 2006 BMW X5
- 2008 to 2010 BMW X5
- 2007 BMW X5 SAV

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [02V138000](/recalls/nhtsa/02V138000.md), 2002-05-16: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
- [01V206000](/recalls/nhtsa/01V206000.md), 2001-06-21: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN

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