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Service bulletin SIB-28-02-08

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10036980
Published by NHTSA2011-04-26
Manufacturer's numberSIB-28-02-08
Manufacturer's date2010-06-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

BMW: A NEW TECHNICAL PROCESS IS BEING USED ON MANY MODELS TO DETERMINE THE ROOT CAUSE OF DOUBLE-CLUTCH TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. *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

Transmission and driveline, Manual transmission

Vehicles listed
BMW 1 SERIES2000 to 2011
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 Z42002
BMW Z42003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
BMW Z42009, 2010

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

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