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Service bulletin SIB-51-18-06

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 id10039592
Published by NHTSA2011-08-04
Manufacturer's numberSIB-51-18-06
Manufacturer's date2011-05-01
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR

NHTSA's summary

BMW: THE PAINTED SURFACE ON THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLE MAY PEEL DUE TO EXPOSURE TO HAND CREAMS AND SUN-TANNING LOTIONS. *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

Vehicles listed
BMW 3 SERIES2005, 2006
BMW 3 SERIES2005, 2006
BMW 3 SERIES2005, 2006
BMW 3 SERIES2005, 2006
BMW 3 SERIES2005, 2006
BMW 3 SERIES2005, 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

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

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