# Service bulletin SIB\-31\-01\-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: 10049319
- Published by NHTSA: 2013\-01\-15
- Manufacturer's number: SIB\-31\-01\-12
- Manufacturer's date: 2012\-08\-01
- Replaces: SIB\-31\-01\-12\-A
- NHTSA component: WHEELS; SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING

## NHTSA's summary

BMW: WHILE MANEUVERING AT LOW SPEEDS, MOVEMENT BETWEEN SURFACE CONTACTS OF SWIVEL BEARING AND WHEEL BEARING, CAN CAUSE CLICKING NOISES. MODELS E70, 71, F01, 02, 04, 07, 10, 12, AND 13. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. \*PE UPDATED 11/1/13. \*PE

## 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

Suspension, Wheels, Wheel bearing

## Vehicles listed

- 2012 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2012 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2012 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2012 BMW 5 SERIES
- 2012 BMW 5\-SERIES GRAN TURISMO
- 2012 BMW 6 SERIES
- 2012 BMW 7\-SERIES
- 2012 BMW X5
- 2012 BMW X6

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [B340814](/bulletins/10147200.md), 2018-11-05, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY; WHEELS:HUB; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC. Ticking Noise from Front Axle When Cornering. The customer may complain of a ticking noise from the front axle when cornering, maneuvering, parking or pulling away from a parking space. The noise can be heard as a light metallic ticking from the front outer cornering wheel. Movement between the brake disc and wheel bearing hub.
- [B310112](/bulletins/10147009.md), 2018-11-05, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; BACK OVER PREVENTION; SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING. CLICKING NOISE FROM FRONT AXLE This Service Information bulletin supersedes SI 31 01 12 dated June 2015. Clicking noises are heard from the front axle area while maneuvering at low speeds \(e.g., parking lot maneuvers\). CAUSE Movement between the contact surfaces of the wheel bearing and swivel bearing \(knuckle\)
- [B310112](/bulletins/10138386.md), 2018-05-21, Service bulletin: WHEELS; SUSPENSION:FRONT; SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING. CRACKING NOISES FROM THE FRONT AXLE AREA WHILE TURNING THE WHEELS, WHEN STATIONARY OR PARKING

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