# Service bulletin US\-32501987\-01

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: 10034670
- Published by NHTSA: 2011\-01\-03
- Manufacturer's number: US\-32501987\-01
- Manufacturer's date: 2010\-06\-25
- NHTSA component: SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:PADS; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS

## NHTSA's summary

BMW: INFORMATION ON THE USE OF AFTERMARKET BRAKE PADS. BMW MOTORRAD USES BRAKE PADS WITH A 4.6 MM THICK CARRIER PLATE. ONLY BRAKE PADS WITH AT LEAST A 4.5MM THICK CARRIER PLATE ENSURE THAT BRAKE PADS CAN BE WORN DOWN TO THEIR WEAR LIMIT WITHOUT RISK OF DANGER. NUMEROUS AFTERMARKET BRAKE PADS ARE OFFERED THAT HAVE A THINNER CARRIER PLATE, PARTICULAR BRAKE PADS FOR RACING. MODEL E SERIES \(K46\). 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

Brakes, Brake pads

## Vehicles listed

- BMW E 31 SERIES
- BMW E 36 SERIES
- BMW E38 SERIES
- BMW E39 SERIES
- BMW E46 SERIES

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