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Service bulletin SIB-32-04-07

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10036979
Published by NHTSA2011-04-26
Manufacturer's numberSIB-32-04-07
Manufacturer's date2010-06-01
NHTSA componentSTEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM; STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

BMW: A NEW TECHNICAL PROCESS HAS BEEN CREATED FOR BMW TO IDENTIFY CAUSES OF STEERING COMPLAINTS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF MODELS. *RM

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

Steering, Power steering

Vehicles listed
BMW 1 SERIES2000 to 2011
BMW 128I2007
BMW 128I2008
BMW 128I US2009 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 128I US2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 135I2008, 2009, 2010
BMW 135I COUPE2007
BMW 3 SERIES2000
BMW 3 SERIES2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
BMW 3 SERIES2000
BMW 3 SERIES2000
BMW 3 SERIES2000
BMW 3 SERIES2000
BMW 3 SERIES2000
BMW 3 SERIES2000
BMW 3 SERIES2000
BMW 3 SERIES2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
BMW 3 SERIES2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
BMW 3 SERIES2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
BMW 3 SERIES2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
BMW 3 SERIES2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
BMW 3 SERIES2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
BMW 3 SERIES2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
BMW 3 SERIES2007, 2008
BMW 3 SERIES2007, 2008
BMW 3 SERIES2009, 2010
BMW 3-SERIES2003
BMW 3-SERIES2003
BMW 3-SERIES2003
BMW 3-SERIES2003
BMW 3-SERIES2003
BMW 3-SERIES2003
BMW 3182001
BMW 318I2001
BMW 318I2003
BMW 318IC2000 to 2001
BMW 318IC2003
BMW 3202001
BMW 323I
BMW 323I2001
BMW 3252001 to 2002
BMW 325CI2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
BMW 325I2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
BMW 325IT2001 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 325IX2001 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 325XI2002
BMW 325XI2004, 2005, 2006
BMW 3282011
BMW 328I2000
BMW 328I2001
BMW 328I2007, 2008
BMW 328IC2000
BMW 328XI2005 to 2006
BMW 328XI2007, 2008
BMW 330CI2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
BMW 330I2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
BMW 330XI2001
BMW 330XI2002, 2003
BMW 330XI2005
BMW 335I2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
BMW 335I US2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 335XI2005 to 2006
BMW 335XI2007, 2008
BMW 335XI2009 to 2010
BMW 5 SERIES2000 to 2011
BMW 5-SERIES2003
BMW 5-SERIES GRAN TURISMO2010 to 2011
BMW 525IA2001, 2002 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 525IA SPORT WAGON2002 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 525IA SPORT WAGON2003 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 525IT2001 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 525ITA2001 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 525XI2007
BMW 5282000
BMW 528I2000
BMW 528I2001
BMW 528I2010
BMW 528IA2000 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 528IT2000 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 5302001 to 2002
BMW 530I2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
BMW 530I2007
BMW 530IA2001, 2002 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 530IA2003
BMW 530XI2007
BMW 535I2009, 2010
BMW 535I US2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 5402001
BMW 540I2000, 2001, 2002
BMW 540IA2000, 2001, 2002 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 540IA SPORT WAGON2002 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 540IAT2000, 2001 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 540IT2000 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 540ITA2001 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 545I2005
BMW 550I2006, 2007, 2008
BMW 550I2010
BMW 550I GRAN TURISMO2010 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 7 SERIES1985
BMW 7 SERIES2000 to 2008
BMW 7-SERIES2009 to 2011
BMW 730D2003
BMW 730I2003
BMW 735I2001 to 2003
BMW 735LI2001 to 2002
BMW 740I US2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 740IA2000 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 740IAL2000 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 740IL2000, 2001
BMW 740ILA2001 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 740ILP2000, 2001 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 745I2001
BMW 745I2002, 2003
BMW 745I2005
BMW 745LI2001
BMW 745LI2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
BMW 7502001
BMW 750I1990
BMW 750I US2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 750IL2000
BMW 750IL2001 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 750ILP2000
BMW 750ILP2001 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 750LI2006, 2007
BMW 760I2005
BMW 760LI2003
BMW 760LI2005
BMW 760LI2007
BMW X32004, 2005, 2006
BMW X3 SAV2007 to 2009
BMW X5
BMW X51999
BMW X52000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
BMW X52008, 2009, 2010, 2011
BMW X5 SAV2006 to 2007
BMW X62000 to 2007
BMW X62008, 2009, 2010, 2011
BMW Z32000, 2001, 2002
BMW Z32003 to 2004
BMW Z3 COUPE2000 to 2001
BMW Z3 ROADSTER2000 to 2001
BMW Z42002
BMW Z42003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
BMW Z42009, 2010
BMW Z82000
BMW Z82001, 2002

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
SIB-32-03-142015-06-06. Service bulletin. BMW: IN CHECK CONTROL MESSAGE OR INSTRUMENT CLUSTER, A FAILURE WITH POWER ASSISTED STEERING IS ILLUMINATED, DUE TO SOFTWARE RELATED ISSUES. *PE
SIB-32-02-132013-07-10. Service bulletin. BMW: SOME VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE A FAILURE OF ELECTRONIC POWER STEERING (EPS) WHEN ENGINE HAS STARTED, CAUSED BY A SPECIFIC SITUATION OF UNDERVOLTAGE DURING ENGINE START UP. MODEL 2010-2012 F30 (3 SERIES). *PE
SI-B11-09-082011-01-03. Service bulletin. BMW: ALTERNATOR DRIVE BELT BROKEN. THE MODELS UTILIZE A SINGLE SERPENTINE DRIVE BELT FOR THE POWER STEERING PUMP, ALTERNATOR, AND AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR. DURING NORMAL DRIVING, THE FRONT ENGINE MOUNTS ALLOW THE ENGINE TO MOVE SLIGHTLY ON THE FRONT AXLE CARRIER. HOWEVER, UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS, SUCH AS DRIVING AT HIGH RATES OF SPEED OVER CURBS OR SPEED BUMPS, THE ENGINE MOVEMENT CAN RESULT IN THE SERPENTINE BELT OR POWER STEERING PUMP PULLEY CONTACTING THE FRONT ENGINE CARRIER. IF THIS OCCURS, THE BELT AND/OR PUMP PULLEY COULD BE DAMAGED. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE