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Service bulletin SIB-24-02-10

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 id10037071
Published by NHTSA2011-05-03
Manufacturer's numberSIB-24-02-10
Manufacturer's date2012-03-01
ReplacesSIB-24-02-10-A
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

THE TRANSMISSION WARNING LIGHT IS ON AND THE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARDS. ENGINE SPEED ONLY INCREASES WHILE IN NEUTRAL OR PARK. *RM UPDATED ON 5/1/2012. *KB

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

Vehicles listed
BMW 1 SERIES2011
BMW 3 SERIES2010
BMW 3 SERIES2010
BMW 3 SERIES2010
BMW 5 SERIES2009
BMW 6 SERIES2010
BMW 7 SERIES2008
BMW X32011
BMW X52011
BMW X62011
BMW Z42010

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

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