# Service bulletin B63\-03\-12

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: 10044032
- Published by NHTSA: 2012\-05\-08
- Manufacturer's number: B63\-03\-12
- Manufacturer's date: 2012\-04\-01
- NHTSA component: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS

## NHTSA's summary

BMW: THE LEFT OR RIGHT REAR LIGHT IN THE SIDE PANEL HAS CONDENSATION CONCERNING VEHICLES PRODUCED UP TO FEBRUARY 27,2012. \*JS

## 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

Lighting, Tail lights

## Vehicles listed

- 1994 to 1995 BMW 3 SERIES
- 1994 to 1998 BMW 3 SERIES
- 1994 to 1996 BMW 3 SERIES
- 1994 to 1996 BMW 3 SERIES
- 1994 to 1995 BMW 3 SERIES
- 1994 to 1995 BMW 3 SERIES
- 1994 to 1996 BMW 3 SERIES
- 1996 to 2000 BMW 3 SERIES
- 1996 to 2000 BMW 3 SERIES
- 1996 to 2000 BMW 3 SERIES
- 1998 to 2000 BMW 3 SERIES
- 1998 to 2000 BMW 3 SERIES
- 1999 to 2000 BMW 3 SERIES
- 1999 to 2000 BMW 3 SERIES
- 1999 to 2000 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2000 to 2006 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2001 to 2006 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2001 to 2006 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2001 to 2006 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2002 to 2006 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2002 to 2006 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2007 to 2010 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2007 to 2010 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2007 to 2008 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2007 to 2008 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2009 to 2010 BMW 3 SERIES

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [11V438000](/recalls/nhtsa/11V438000.md), 2011-08-26: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SIB\-63\-05\-10](/bulletins/10041280.md), 2011-09-27, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS; PARKING BRAKE:INDICATOR LIGHT; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL. BMW: THE REAR LED LIGHTS ARE INOPERATIVE. THERE IS CONNECTION CORROSION IN THE TAIL LAMP. \*RM
- [SIB\-63\-02\-08](/bulletins/10035224.md), 2011-02-11, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS. BMW VEHICLE: REAR BULB FAILURE. THE BULB OUT WARNING SHOWS IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. DIAGNOSIS SHOWS A FAULT FOR THE REAR LAMP. THE BULB OUT CAN BE DISPLAYED FOR 2 POSSIBLE CAUSES: POOR FIT BETWEEN THE BULB AND BULB HOLDER; BULB FAILURE CAUSED BY VIBRATION. \*PE
- [SI\-B\-63\-06\-10](/bulletins/10034186.md), 2010-10-25, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS:SWITCH; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS. BMW: LEDS IN REAR LAMP INOPERATIVE. THE LEDS \(LIGHT EMITTING DIODES\) IN THE OUTER LEFT OR OUTER RIGHT REAR LAMP ARE INOPERATIVE. AFFECTED ARE THE LEDS FOR THE PARKING LAMP/TAIL LAMP OR THE TURN SIGNALS. NO CHECK CONTROL MESSAGE IS DISPLAYED. CORROSION OF AN INTERNAL CONNECTION WITH THE TAIL LAMP IS CAUSED. \*PE UPDATED 9/26/11. \*PE
- [SI B63 02 08](/bulletins/10025585.md), 2008-08-22, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS. REAR BULB FAILURE. MODEL E92 \(3 SERIES COUPE\) VEHICLES PRODUCED UP TO JANUARY 21, 2008 ARE AFFECTED. THE BULB OUT WARNING SHOWS IN THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. \*PE
- [630306](/bulletins/10020856.md), 2007-01-24, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS; EXTERIOR LIGHTING. POOR CONNECTION AT REAR LAMP CONNECTOR. BMW. MODEL E46. \*KB MODEL E46 \(3 SERIES\). UPDATE 8/8/2008. \*PE

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