# Service bulletin SIB\-61\-37\-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: 10051519
- Published by NHTSA: 2013\-03\-12
- Manufacturer's number: SIB\-61\-37\-12
- Manufacturer's date: 2012\-12\-01
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY

## NHTSA's summary

BMW: THE HIGH\-VOLTAGE \(HV\) BATTERY CELLS COULD BE DAMAGED IF THE VEHICLE IS PREVENTED FROM ENTERING SLEEP MODE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. UPDATED 03/11/2013 \*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

Electrical system, 12\-volt battery

## 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
- 1994 to 2009 BMW 5 SERIES
- 1994 to 2008 BMW 7 SERIES

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [19V472000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V472000.md), 2019-06-19: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- [18V314000](/recalls/nhtsa/18V314000.md), 2018-05-14: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES
- [13V044000](/recalls/nhtsa/13V044000.md), 2013-02-07: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [652012](/bulletins/10149316.md), 2018-11-26, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. RAD2plus: Radio Causes Battery Drain. The vehicle's battery state of charge is very low after the vehicle was parked for a longer period of time \(e.g., overnight\). The RAD2\+ radio doesn't allow the vehicle to enter full sleep mode, and causes a current draw from the battery with ignition off.
- [B652516](/bulletins/10146904.md), 2018-11-05, Service bulletin: EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. USB CABLE: BATTERY DISCHARGE/AUDIO FAILURE/RADIO RECEPTION. No sound from the radio, telephone, gong signal and or PDC. Poor radio reception and failure of the telematics systems. Possible Check Control system message: o Battery discharge when engine off. o Caution, no acoustic warning signals. Non BMW approved \(third\-party supplier\) USB cable plugged into the USB port.
- [SIB\-61\-13\-05](/bulletins/10052012.md), 2013-05-01, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. BMW: BATTERY HAS AN INCREASED DEMAND DUE TO DEVELOPEMENTAL PROCESS OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THIS IS CAUSING THE BATTER TO NEED TO UNDERGO AN ENERGY DIAGNOSIS. \*KB

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