# Service bulletin SIB\-24\-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: 10035010
- Published by NHTSA: 2011\-02\-08
- Manufacturer's number: SIB\-24\-01\-08
- Manufacturer's date: 2010\-10\-01
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

## NHTSA's summary

BMW VEHICLE: TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED AND THE TRANSMISSION ENTERS FAILSAFE MODE. FAULT CODE 4F81 \(RATIO MONITORING, CLUTCH A\), IN SOME CASES COMBINED WITH THE SUBSEQUENT FAULTS 507B/507C \(PARKING GEAR SENSOR IMPLAUSIBLE SIGNAL\) OR 507D \(PARKING GEAR INCORRECTLY DISENGAGED\), ARE STORED IN THE EGS CONTROL MODULE. E60, E51, E65, E66, E70, E90, E91, E92, E93. 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

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission

## Vehicles listed

- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 3 SERIES
- 2005 to 2006 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2005 to 2006 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2005 to 2006 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2005 to 2006 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2005 to 2006 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2005 to 2006 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2007 to 2010 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2007 to 2010 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2007 to 2008 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2007 to 2008 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2009 to 2010 BMW 3 SERIES
- BMW 5 SERIES
- 2005 to 2009 BMW 5 SERIES
- BMW 7 SERIES
- 2004 to 2008 BMW 7 SERIES
- BMW X5
- 2005 to 2006 BMW X5
- 2008 to 2011 BMW X5
- 2007 BMW X5 SAV

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [05V504000](/recalls/nhtsa/05V504000.md), 2005-11-01: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [121712](/bulletins/10162396.md), 2019-07-10, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE \(TCM/PCM/TECM\); ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. N52T / N55 with 8HP45: Delay in Engine Response. A customer may complain of a delay in engine response after decelerating at low road speeds and then reaccelerating. This can occur when the transmission remains in a high gear due to a delay in the transmission downshifting. This situation can be more noticeable while driving on roads with slight turns or with an increasing gradient. Unfavorable EGS and DME software
- [SIB\-24\-02\-15](/bulletins/10058551.md), 2015-10-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. BMW: ON TRANSMISSION SIDE, IN SOME VEHICLES, THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IS LEAKING AROUND THE AREA OF THE OIL COOLER LINES CAUSING UNFAVORABLE COOLING LINE CONNECTION TOLERANCES TO DAMAGE O RINGS. MODEL E84 \(X1\), E89 \(Z4\), F22 \& 23 \(2 SERIES\), F30 \& 31 \(3 SERIES\), F32 \& 33 \(4 SERIES\), F34 \(GRAN TURISMO\), F36 \(GRAN COUPE\). \*PE
- [SIB270212](/bulletins/10051459.md), 2013-03-08, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. BMW: DSC WARNING LIGHT IS ON. THE WARNING LAMPS FOR DSC, ABS AND BRAKE WARNING ILLUMINATED. THERE MAY ALSO BE A WARNING IN THE CONTROL DISPLAY FOR CHASSIS CONTROL SYSTEM FAILURE. \*JS
- [SIB\-24\-02\-11](/bulletins/10040172.md), 2011-08-16, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. BMW: A SOFTWARE PROBLEM IS CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO ENTER SAFETY MODE WITH THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT ON. THERE IS A STORED TROUBLE CODE. \*RM
- [SIB\-23\-01\-08](/bulletins/10040045.md), 2011-08-15, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. BMW: A NEW TECHNICAL SUPPORT PROCESS HAS BEEN CREATED REGARDING TRANSMISSION CONCERNS. \*RM
- [SIB\-24\-01\-10](/bulletins/10037934.md), 2011-06-08, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. BMW: THE EMERGENCY PARK RELEASE CABLE HAS BEEN REMOVED IN THESE MODELS AND THERE IS A PROCEDURE TO DISENGAGE THE PARK LOCK. 2011 E70/E71. UPDATED ON 06/08/2011. \*KB UPDATED ON 06/21/2011. \*RM
- [SIB\-28\-02\-10](/bulletins/10037922.md), 2011-06-08, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. BMW: DOUBLE CLUTCH TRANSMISSION IS ENTERRING EMERGENCY MODE AND SOME GEARS CAN'T BE SELECTED. THIS IS A SOFTWARE PROBLEM. \*RM
- [SIB\-24\-02\-10](/bulletins/10037071.md), 2011-05-03, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHT IS ON AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARDS. ENGINE SPEED ONLY INCREASES WHILE IN NEUTRAL OR PARK. \*RM UPDATED ON 5/1/2012. \*KB
- [SIB\-28\-01\-10](/bulletins/10037069.md), 2011-05-03, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. BMW: THERE IS A SOFTWARE PROBLEM WITH THE DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION MODULE. DATA CAN'T BE READ FROM THE MODULE'S MEMORY. \*RM UPDATED 8/10/11. \*PE
- [SI\-28\-02\-09](/bulletins/10031644.md), 2010-01-07, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. BMW: COMPLAINT THAT THE N \(NEUTRAL\) SYMBOL IS BEING DISPLAYED IN THE KOMBI AND THE MESSAGE TRANSMISSION IN N, SHIFT TO P WHEN ENGINE IS TURNED OFF IS DISPLAYED IN THE CC WHEN THE VEHICLE DECELERATES TO A STOP. IN REALTY, THE TRANSMISSION STAYS ENGAGED IN A FIRST OR SECOND GEAR AND DOES NOT SHIFTS TO NEUTRAL, AS INDICATED BY THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DISPLAY. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. E90, E92, E93 \(3 SERIES\) 2002\-2009. \*PE

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