# Service bulletin SIB\-12\-05\-11

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: 10040169
- Published by NHTSA: 2011\-08\-16
- Manufacturer's number: SIB\-12\-05\-11
- Manufacturer's date: 2011\-03\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

## NHTSA's summary

BMW: A SOFTWARE ERROR IS CAUSING THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT OR CHECK GAS CAP LIGHT TO COME ON ALONG WITH STORED TROUBLE CODES. \*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

Electrical system, Engine, Fuel system, Fuel tank, Software

## Vehicles listed

- 2006 BMW X3
- 2007 to 2008 BMW X3 SAV

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SIB\-12\-01\-11](/bulletins/10039765.md), 2011-08-10, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. BMW: THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT IS ON WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A PROGRAMMING ISSUE. \*RM UPDATED 1/4/12. \*PE UPDATED 4/24/12. \*PE
- [SIB\-12\-07\-06](/bulletins/10032650.md), 2010-04-23, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. BMW: SERVICE ENGINE SOON LAMP ILLUMINATED\-FC 23F4 MAP THERMOSTAT. IN SOME VEHICLES HAVE INSUFFICIENT HEAT. E90, E91 \(3 SERIES\), E60, E61 \(5 SERIES\) 3/06 AND E83 \(X3 SERIES\) 9/08. \*PE
- [SB\-12\-01\-09](/bulletins/10030612.md), 2009-10-28, Service bulletin: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. BMW VEHICLES: SERVICE ENGINE SOON LAMP OR CHECK GAS CAP WARNING ILLUMINATED WHILE DRIVING. SOFTWARE ERROR IN THE DME FOR THE TANK LEAK DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM. MODELS E60, E61 \(5 SERIES\); E70 \(X5\); E71 \(X6\); E82, E88 \(1 SERIES\); E83 \(X3\); E90, E91, E92, E93 \(3 SERIES\). \*PE

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