# 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. - Type: Service bulletin - NHTSA id: 10036979 - Published by NHTSA: 2011\-04\-26 - Manufacturer's number: SIB\-32\-04\-07 - Manufacturer's date: 2010\-06\-01 - NHTSA component: STEERING: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 - 2000 to 2011 BMW 1 SERIES - 2007 BMW 128I - 2008 BMW 128I - 2009 BMW 128I US - 2011 BMW 128I US - 2008 to 2010 BMW 135I - 2007 BMW 135I COUPE - 2000 BMW 3 SERIES - 2000 to 2006 BMW 3 SERIES - 2000 BMW 3 SERIES - 2000 BMW 3 SERIES - 2000 BMW 3 SERIES - 2000 BMW 3 SERIES - 2000 BMW 3 SERIES - 2000 BMW 3 SERIES - 2000 BMW 3 SERIES - 2001 to 2006 BMW 3 SERIES - 2001 to 2006 BMW 3 SERIES - 2001 to 2006 BMW 3 SERIES - 2002 to 2006 BMW 3 SERIES - 2002 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 - 2003 BMW 3\-SERIES - 2003 BMW 3\-SERIES - 2003 BMW 3\-SERIES - 2003 BMW 3\-SERIES - 2003 BMW 3\-SERIES - 2003 BMW 3\-SERIES - 2001 BMW 318 - 2001 BMW 318I - 2003 BMW 318I - 2000 to 2001 BMW 318IC - 2003 BMW 318IC - 2001 BMW 320 - BMW 323I - 2001 BMW 323I - 2001 to 2002 BMW 325 - 2001 to 2006 BMW 325CI - 2001 to 2006 BMW 325I - 2001 BMW 325IT - 2001 BMW 325IX - 2002 BMW 325XI - 2004 to 2006 BMW 325XI - 2011 BMW 328 - 2000 BMW 328I - 2001 BMW 328I - 2007 to 2008 BMW 328I - 2000 BMW 328IC - 2005 to 2006 BMW 328XI - 2007 to 2008 BMW 328XI - 2001 to 2006 BMW 330CI - 2001 to 2006 BMW 330I - 2001 BMW 330XI - 2002 to 2003 BMW 330XI - 2005 BMW 330XI - 2007 to 2010 BMW 335I - 2011 BMW 335I US - 2005 to 2006 BMW 335XI - 2007 to 2008 BMW 335XI - 2009 to 2010 BMW 335XI - 2000 to 2011 BMW 5 SERIES - 2003 BMW 5\-SERIES - 2010 to 2011 BMW 5\-SERIES GRAN TURISMO - 2001 to 2002 BMW 525IA - 2002 BMW 525IA SPORT WAGON - 2003 BMW 525IA SPORT WAGON - 2001 BMW 525IT - 2001 BMW 525ITA - 2007 BMW 525XI - 2000 BMW 528 - 2000 BMW 528I - 2001 BMW 528I - 2010 BMW 528I - 2000 BMW 528IA - 2000 BMW 528IT - 2001 to 2002 BMW 530 - 2001 to 2005 BMW 530I - 2007 BMW 530I - 2001 to 2002 BMW 530IA - 2003 BMW 530IA - 2007 BMW 530XI - 2009 to 2010 BMW 535I - 2011 BMW 535I US - 2001 BMW 540 - 2000 to 2002 BMW 540I - 2000 to 2002 BMW 540IA - 2002 BMW 540IA SPORT WAGON - 2000 to 2001 BMW 540IAT - 2000 BMW 540IT - 2001 BMW 540ITA - 2005 BMW 545I - 2006 to 2008 BMW 550I - 2010 BMW 550I - 2010 BMW 550I GRAN TURISMO - 1985 BMW 7 SERIES - 2000 to 2008 BMW 7 SERIES - 2009 to 2011 BMW 7\-SERIES - 2003 BMW 730D - 2003 BMW 730I - 2001 to 2003 BMW 735I - 2001 to 2002 BMW 735LI - 2011 BMW 740I US - 2000 BMW 740IA - 2000 BMW 740IAL - 2000 to 2001 BMW 740IL - 2001 BMW 740ILA - 2000 to 2001 BMW 740ILP - 2001 BMW 745I - 2002 to 2003 BMW 745I - 2005 BMW 745I - 2001 BMW 745LI - 2002 to 2005 BMW 745LI - 2001 BMW 750 - 1990 BMW 750I - 2011 BMW 750I US - 2000 BMW 750IL - 2001 BMW 750IL - 2000 BMW 750ILP - 2001 BMW 750ILP - 2006 to 2007 BMW 750LI - 2005 BMW 760I - 2003 BMW 760LI - 2005 BMW 760LI - 2007 BMW 760LI - 2004 to 2006 BMW X3 - 2007 to 2009 BMW X3 SAV - BMW X5 - 1999 BMW X5 - 2000 to 2006 BMW X5 - 2008 to 2011 BMW X5 - 2006 to 2007 BMW X5 SAV - 2000 to 2007 BMW X6 - 2008 to 2011 BMW X6 - 2000 to 2002 BMW Z3 - 2003 to 2004 BMW Z3 - 2000 to 2001 BMW Z3 COUPE - 2000 to 2001 BMW Z3 ROADSTER - 2002 BMW Z4 - 2003 to 2007 BMW Z4 - 2009 to 2010 BMW Z4 - 2000 BMW Z8 - 2001 to 2002 BMW Z8 ## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component - [SIB\-32\-03\-14](/bulletins/10057531.md), 2015-06-06, Service bulletin: STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM; STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. 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\-13](/bulletins/10052320.md), 2013-07-10, Service bulletin: STEERING:ELECTRIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM. 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\-08](/bulletins/10034668.md), 2011-01-03, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS; STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP. 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 JSON: [/v1/bulletins/10036979](/v1/bulletins/10036979) [Report an error on this page](https://github.com/wenmar-pro/wenmar-open/issues/new?template=data_correction.yml&title=Data%20correction%3A%20Service%20bulletin%20SIB-32-04-07&page=https%3A%2F%2Fopen.wenmarpro.com%2Fbulletins%2F10036979&vehicle=Service%20bulletin%20SIB-32-04-07)