# Service bulletin SIB\-12\-23\-07

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: 10032813
- Published by NHTSA: 2010\-05\-26
- Manufacturer's number: SIB\-12\-23\-07
- Manufacturer's date: 2007\-11\-01
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

## NHTSA's summary

BMW VEHICLE: FC 2EF4 CHARACTERISTIC MAP THERMOSTAT. COMPLAINTS THAT THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LAMP IS ILLUMINATED. FAULT CODE 2EF4 CHARACTERISTIC MAP THERMOSTAT IS STORED IN DME FAULT MEMORY. DME SOFTWARE CALIBRATION RELATED TO HIGH HEATING REQUIREMENTS DURING SUBZERO DRIVING CONDITIONS. REPROGRAM VEHICLE WITH V27.1 \(I LEVEL E070\-07\-09\-520\) OR HIGHER. \*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, Equipment and accessories, Software

## Vehicles listed

- BMW X5
- 1999 BMW X5
- 2000 to 2006 BMW X5
- 2007 BMW X5 SAV

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SIB\-61\-06\-11](/bulletins/10042686.md), 2012-01-06, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. BMW: ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, THE JBE \(JUNCTION BOX ELECTRONICS\) MODULE FAILS PROGRAMMING DURING A SOFTWARE UPDATE OF THE VEHICLE. \*PE
- [SIB\-12\-01\-11](/bulletins/10039765.md), 2011-08-10, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. BMW: THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT IS ON WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A PROGRAMMING ISSUE. \*RM UPDATED 1/4/12. \*PE UPDATED 4/24/12. \*PE
- [SIB\-65\-36\-09](/bulletins/10037078.md), 2011-05-04, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING; AIR BAGS. BMW: THE AIRBAG WARNING LAMP IS ILLUMINATED DUE TO A SOFTWARE ERROR. \*RM
- [SIB\-13\-06\-10](/bulletins/10036985.md), 2011-04-26, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. BMW: A SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT COMES ON. THE ENGINE WILL ONLY OPERATE TO 1500 RPMS AND LACKS POWER. THERE IS A SOFTWARE APPLICATION ERROR. \*RM
- [SIB\-61\-13\-07](/bulletins/10032845.md), 2010-06-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. BMW VEHICLE: ELECTRONIC MALFUNCTION CC MESSAGE CAUSED BY SHORTED WIRING. THE ELECTRONIC MALFUNCTION CHECK CONTROL MESSAGE MAY BE DISPLAYED; THE SOUNDS SYSTEM EMITS A STATIC NOISE FROM THE SPEAKERS; THE RFK \(REAR VIEW CAMERA\) DOES NOT PAN; THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT MAY BE ILLUMINATED; KCAN COMMUNICATION, KCAN LINE AND KCAN WIRE FAULTS ARE STORED IN VARIOUS CONTROL MODULES. SHORTED WIRING AT THE LEFT OR RIGHT SUBWOOFER SPEAKER MOUNTED UNDER THE FRONT SEATS. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. \*PE

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