# Service bulletin SIB\-12\-19\-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: 10049680
- Published by NHTSA: 2013\-01\-18
- Manufacturer's number: SIB\-12\-19\-12
- Manufacturer's date: 2012\-11\-01
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE

## NHTSA's summary

BMW: THE OBD \(ON BOARD DIAGNOSIS\) EXPERIENCE AN ERROR IN ITS DATA AND REQUIRES AN UPDATE ON DME SOFTWARE. MODEL 2012\-2013 F30. \*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

Electrical system, Software

## Vehicles listed

- 2012 to 2013 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2012 to 2013 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2012 to 2013 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2013 BMW 3 SERIES

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [B840221](/bulletins/10200249.md), 2021-08-09, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY; COMMUNICATION:MANUFACTURER TELEMATICS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. The discontinuation of 3G cellular communication for Combox, TCB 3G and ATM 3G \(Telematics ControlModule\) can no longer be supported by the cellular network provider starting February 2022. The decision to phase out 3G network technology was made at the discretion of the respective cellular carriers and lies beyond the control of BMW. Due to the phase\-out, BMW Assist and ConnectedDrive services will no longer be supported after this date.
- [B650709](/bulletins/10179009.md), 2020-08-31, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. NAVIGATION SYSTEM \- REPORTING MISSING OR INCORRECT ROADMAP DATA: Do not replace parts and do not program the vehicle. Roads can change by up to 15% every year. To ensure the best navigation experience, we do everything in our power to create the best maps. Your reports help us to detect changes in your area and keep future versions of our maps as accurate as possible. Therefore, a road map error or missing data must be reported directly to the map supplier.
- [B651419](/bulletins/10166390.md), 2019-10-21, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. HEAD UNIT NBT EVO \(HU\-H2\) PROGRAMMING ABORT: The CID screen may light up blue. When this occurs A battery reset is not successful in restoring head unit operation Software error in the Bootloader file \(BTLD\) of the head unit.
- [B651419](/bulletins/10163056.md), 2019-07-22, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. HEAD UNIT NBT EVO \(HU\-H2\) PROGRAMMING ABORT. During programming several aborts can occur in the head unit NBT EVO \(HU\-H2\).
- [121912](/bulletins/10162420.md), 2019-07-10, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. Service Action: Program Control Units \(OBD, Electric Coolant Pump\). Due to an error in the data for OBD \(On\-Board Diagnosis\) a DME software update is required. CAUSE DME software error.
- [B122019](/bulletins/10161556.md), 2019-06-24, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. DELIVERY STOP: PROGRAM CONTROL UNITS \(DME\). A Delivery Stop has been issued \(effective May 16 2019\) on certain Model Year 2016\-2020 BMW vehicles that have been produced between June 19 2015 and April 17 2019. A software error within the Digital Motor Electronics \(DME\) may cause a miscalculation of an onboard diagnostic \(OBD\) function. All vehicles will need a software update \(no parts required\).
- [B610419](/bulletins/10160348.md), 2019-05-20, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. VEHICLE DOES NOT START BATTERY TOTALLY DISCHARGED This Service Information bulletin replaces SI B61 04 19 dated March 2019.
- [B320319](/bulletins/10159122.md), 2019-04-22, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; STEERING. STEERING GEAR MOVEMENT NOT SMOOTH. Stiff movement in the steering or sticks when steering from one limit position to the other Unfavorable software of the Electric Power Steering \(EPS\)
- [B120119](/bulletins/10153741.md), 2019-02-25, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. SERVICE ACTION: PROGRAM THE DIGITAL MOTOR ELECTRONICS \(DME\). In the DME control unit software.
- [B611918](/bulletins/10153707.md), 2019-02-25, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; EQUIPMENT. STANDARD OCCASIONAL USE CABLE \- CHARGING COMPLAINT TROUBLESHOOTING.

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