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Service bulletin SIB-28-01-10

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10037069
Published by NHTSA2011-05-03
Manufacturer's numberSIB-28-01-10
Manufacturer's date2011-06-01
ReplacesSIB-01-10-1
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

BMW: THERE IS A SOFTWARE PROBLEM WITH THE DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION MODULE. DATA CAN'T BE READ FROM THE MODULE'S MEMORY. *RM UPDATED 8/10/11. *PE

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, Automatic transmission, Manual transmission

Vehicles listed
BMW 1 SERIES2008 to 2011
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES2008, 2009, 2010
BMW 3 SERIES2008, 2009, 2010
BMW 3 SERIES2008
BMW 3 SERIES2008
BMW 3 SERIES2009, 2010
BMW Z42009, 2010

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

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