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Service bulletin SIB-51-09-11

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10040173
Published by NHTSA2011-08-16
Manufacturer's numberSIB-51-09-11
Manufacturer's date2011-03-01
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR

NHTSA's summary

BMW: POOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS ARE CAUSING THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER TO SHOW THE DOORS ARE OPEN WHILE DRIVING EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE CLOSED. *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, Instrument cluster

Vehicles listed
BMW 3 SERIES2009, 2010
BMW 3 SERIES2009, 2010
BMW 3 SERIES2009, 2010

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
SIB-62-04-102011-09-27. Service bulletin. BMW: THE DIAL FACE OF THE SPEEDOMETER MAY BECOME DETACHED AT THE EDGE. IT AFFECTS THE ILLUMINATION OF THE SPEEDOMETER, BUT NOT THE FUNCTION. *RM