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Service bulletin SIB-12-12-13

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 id10052358
Published by NHTSA2013-07-17
Manufacturer's numberSIB-12-12-13
Manufacturer's date2013-05-01
NHTSA componentELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR; ENGINE

NHTSA's summary

BMW: ON SOME VEHICLES, THE ALTERNATOR WOULD MALFUNCTION, DUE TO SPORADICALLY CHARGING OR NOT CHARGE AT ALL, INTERMITTENTLY, WHEN ENGINE'S AT OPERATING TEMPERATURE. MODELS F10, F25. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *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, Engine, Alternator

Vehicles listed
BMW 5 SERIES
BMW X32011, 2012, 2013
BMW X3 SAV2009 to 2010

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