# Service bulletin SIB\-51\-26\-10

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: 10037027
- Published by NHTSA: 2011\-04\-28
- Manufacturer's number: SIB\-51\-26\-10
- Manufacturer's date: 2010\-08\-01
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

## NHTSA's summary

BMW: MODEL E70 EQUIPPED WITH AN AUTOMATIC TAILGATE. THE REAR TAILGATE MAY NOT OPERATE IN EITHER DIRECTION DUE TO WIRING DAMAGE. \*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

Body and frame, Electrical system, Wiring and fuses

## Vehicles listed

- BMW X5
- 1999 BMW X5
- 2000 to 2006 BMW X5
- 2008 to 2011 BMW X5
- 2006 to 2007 BMW X5 SAV

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SIB\-61\-12\-11](/bulletins/10042465.md), 2011-12-08, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. BMW: VEHICLE NOT OPERATING PROPERLY BECAUSE OF VARIOUS ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS NOT WORKING. \*PE
- [SIB\-65\-36\-09](/bulletins/10037078.md), 2011-05-04, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING; AIR BAGS. BMW: THE AIRBAG WARNING LAMP IS ILLUMINATED DUE TO A SOFTWARE ERROR. \*RM
- [SI\-B61\-15\-09](/bulletins/10034666.md), 2011-01-03, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. BMW: VARIOUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. ON THE VEHICLE, VARIOUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS ARE POSSIBLE. WARNING LAMPS ILLUMINATED IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER; CHECK CONTROL MESSAGES; SYSTEMS INOPERATIVE; FUSE BLOWN; WIPERS IN DEFAULT MODE \(PERMANENTLY ON\); AND FAULT CODES FFFF AND F\-CAN FAULTS IN ARS AND DSC. SHORT CIRCUIT OF THE WIRING HARNESS TO SHARP SHEET METAL IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE GLOVE COMPARTMENT. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. \*PE
- [SIB\-61\-13\-07](/bulletins/10032845.md), 2010-06-02, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL. BMW VEHICLE: ELECTRONIC MALFUNCTION CC MESSAGE CAUSED BY SHORTED WIRING. THE ELECTRONIC MALFUNCTION CHECK CONTROL MESSAGE MAY BE DISPLAYED; THE SOUNDS SYSTEM EMITS A STATIC NOISE FROM THE SPEAKERS; THE RFK \(REAR VIEW CAMERA\) DOES NOT PAN; THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT MAY BE ILLUMINATED; KCAN COMMUNICATION, KCAN LINE AND KCAN WIRE FAULTS ARE STORED IN VARIOUS CONTROL MODULES. SHORTED WIRING AT THE LEFT OR RIGHT SUBWOOFER SPEAKER MOUNTED UNDER THE FRONT SEATS. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. \*PE
- [SIB\-34\-03\-07](/bulletins/10032641.md), 2010-04-22, Service bulletin: ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL \(ESC\); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. BMW VEHICLES: DSC WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. THE DSC \(DYNAMIC STABILITY CONTROL\) WARNING LAMP IS ILLUMINATED AND SOME OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING FAULT CODES ARE STORED: 6E58; 6E04; 53BA; D36F; 55C3; 6ECA; AND THE WIPERS MAY ALSO BE OPERATING IN DEFAULT MODE. \*PE
- [SI\-B66\-09\-09](/bulletins/10031524.md), 2010-01-06, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. BMW: FAILURE OF REMOTE CONTROL LOCKING. INTERMITTENTLY OR PERMANENTLY, THE REMOTE CONTROL LOCKING IS INOPERATIVE. BOTH REMOTE KEYS ARE AFFECTED. IN SOME CASES, THE PARKING BRAKE WARNING IS ILLUMINATED IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER AND FUSE F129 IS BLOWN. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. \*PE
- [SI B 340307](/bulletins/10025363.md), 2008-08-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. DSC WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED. E70 \(X5\) VEHICLES PRODUCED UP TO JANUARY 28, 2007. \*PE UPDATED 9/10/08. \*PE

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