# Service bulletin SIB\-63\-05\-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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10036978
- Published by NHTSA: 2011\-04\-25
- Manufacturer's number: SIB\-63\-05\-09
- Manufacturer's date: 2010\-06\-01
- NHTSA component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING

## NHTSA's summary

BMW: THE LED TRAILER LIGHTS FLICKER WHILE BEING TOWED.

## 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

Lighting

## Vehicles listed

- 2009 to 2011 BMW X5
- 2009 to 2011 BMW X6

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [10V152000](/recalls/nhtsa/10V152000.md), 2010-04-15: EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- [2010114](/recalls/tc/2010114.md), 2010-04-13: Lights And Instruments

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [631009](/bulletins/10150123.md), 2018-12-03, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS. INFORMATION Note: Failures that result from the installation of non\-approved accessories and/or non\-original parts are not covered. Procedure A with Reprogramming and Encoding the Vehicle Covered under the terms of the BMW New Vehicle/SAV Limited Warranty or the BMW Certified Pre\-Owned Program. Labor operation code 00 00 006 is a Main labor operation. If you are using a Main labor code for another repair, use the Plus code labor operation 00 00 556 instead. If a control module fails to program correctly or initializations are required, the additional work must be claimed with separate labor operations under the applicable defect code listed above; refer to KSD2. And, if necessary, also: Procedure A without Reprogramming and Encoding the Vehicle \(Vehicle is already at the Correct I\-Level\) Covered under the terms of the BMW New Vehicle/SAV Limited Warranty.
- [630414](/bulletins/10147945.md), 2018-11-13, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING. Delay in Automatic Driving Light Switching On/Off. When driving out of a tunnel or exiting underground parking, the automatic driving light remains switched on for two minutes, even in daylight. The automatic driving light switching on/off can be shorter or longer when it starts to get dark. CAUSE The software for the switch\-on threshold is lowered to protect the xenon light source.
- [SI B65 04 14](/bulletins/10057707.md), 2015-06-22, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE\-INACTIVE; INTERIOR LIGHTING. BMW:SOME BMW MODELS MAY OR MAY NOT DISPLAY AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT. \*TA
- [SIB\-63\-09\-14](/bulletins/10057566.md), 2015-06-10, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. BMW: SOME VEHICLES, WITH 552 OPTION, ARE EXPERIENCING A MALFUNCTION OF LED HEADLIGHT ON ONE WHERE IT FLICKERS ON AN DOFF DURING DRIVING AND THE CONTROL CHECK MESSAGE IS INDICATING DEFECTIVE DRIVING LIGHT OR PARKING LIGHT. \*PE
- [SIB\-27\-02\-12](/bulletins/10052363.md), 2013-07-18, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:ABS WARNING LIGHT. BMW: DUE TO AN ERROR IN SOFTWARE CALIBRATION, SOME VEHICLES ARE EXPERIENCING WARNING ILLUMINATION OF DSC, ABS AND BRAKE AND A POSSIBLE WARNING IN CONTROL DISPLAY FOR CHASSIS CONTROL SYSTEM FAILURE. MODELS 2009\-2012 F30, 01, 02, 07, 10, 12, 13, 25, E70, 71, 84. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. \*PE
- [SIB\-63\-05\-11](/bulletins/10042704.md), 2012-01-07, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. BMW: ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, THE XENON HEADLAMP OFTEN HAVE NO TROUBLE FOUND WHEN RETURNED AND TESTED THRU WARRANTY PARTS SYSTEM. THE ROOT CAUSE IS NOT POSSIBLE TO BE IDENTIFY. \*PE
- [SIB\-63\-04\-10](/bulletins/10041804.md), 2011-11-08, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. BMW: THE BULB HAS FAILED ON THE DAYTIME RUNNING LAMP. \*PE
- [SIB\-63\-10\-09](/bulletins/10040177.md), 2011-08-16, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS. BMW: THE BRAKE LIGHT FAILS AND THE BULB HOLDER IS DEFORMED DUE TO HIGH TEMPERATURES AND THE COMPOSITION OF THE HOLDER. \*RM UPDATED ON 4/25/2013. \*KB
- [SIB\-63\-01\-11](/bulletins/10040175.md), 2011-08-16, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS. BMW: CHECK CONTROL MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED WITH A STORED TROUBLE CODE RELATED TO HEADLIGHTS. \*RM
- [SIB\-63\-11\-10](/bulletins/10040048.md), 2011-08-15, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS. BMW: WATER LEAKS INTO THE TAILGATE LAMP CAUSING CORROSION AND CAN LEAD TO ELECTRICAL FAILURE OF THE LAMP. THERE WILL ALSO BE A WARNING LIGHT IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. E70. \*RM

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