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Service bulletin SI-B61-15-09

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)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10034666
Published by NHTSA2011-01-03
Manufacturer's numberSI-B61-15-09
Manufacturer's date2010-04-01
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

NHTSA's summary

BMW: VARIOUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. ON THE VEHICLE, VARIOUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ARE POSSIBLE. WARNING LAMPS ILLUMINATED IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER; CHECK CONTROL MESSAGES; SYSTEMS INOPERATIVE; FUSE BLOWN; WIPERS IN DEFAULT MODE (PERMANENTLY ON); AND FAULT CODES FFFF AND F-CAN FAULTS IN ARS AND DSC. SHORT CIRCUIT OF THE WIRING HARNESS TO SHARP SHEET METAL IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT. 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, Wiring and fuses

Vehicles listed
BMW X5
BMW X51999
BMW X52000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
BMW X52008, 2009, 2010, 2011
BMW X5 SAV2007

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

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SIB-34-03-072010-04-22. Service bulletin. BMW VEHICLES: DSC WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE DSC (DYNAMIC STABILITY CONTROL) WARNING LAMP IS ILLUMINATED AND SOME OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING FAULT CODES ARE STORED: 6E58; 6E04; 53BA; D36F; 55C3; 6ECA; AND THE WIPERS MAY ALSO BE OPERATING IN DEFAULT MODE. *PE
SI-B66-09-092010-01-06. Service bulletin. BMW: FAILURE OF REMOTE CONTROL LOCKING. INTERMITTENTLY OR PERMANENTLY, THE REMOTE CONTROL LOCKING IS INOPERATIVE. BOTH REMOTE KEYS ARE AFFECTED. IN SOME CASES, THE PARKING BRAKE WARNING IS ILLUMINATED IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND FUSE F129 IS BLOWN. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE
SI B 3403072008-08-05. Service bulletin. DSC WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. E70 (X5) VEHICLES PRODUCED UP TO JANUARY 28, 2007. *PE UPDATED 9/10/08. *PE