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Service bulletin SIB-710212

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 id10049339
Published by NHTSA2013-01-15
Manufacturer's numberSIB-710212
Manufacturer's date2012-10-01
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS

NHTSA's summary

BMW: INCORRECT MODEL YEAR LABEL (2013) FOR EMISSIONS RECALL CAMPAIGN, ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, WAS INSTALLED UNDER THE HOOD AND NEEDS TO BE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH CORRECT MODEL YEAR LABEL (2012). MODEL 2012 X5. *PE

The document

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Components

Equipment and accessories, Labels and manuals

Vehicles listed
BMW X52012

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20245442024-08-15. Label
20121292012-04-12. Label

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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