# Service bulletin SIB\-12\-13\-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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10052612
- Published by NHTSA: 2013\-08\-21
- Manufacturer's number: SIB\-12\-13\-13
- Manufacturer's date: 2013\-06\-01
- NHTSA component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY; ENGINE

## NHTSA's summary

BMW: ENGINE, DUE TO AMBIENT TEMPERATURES AND ENGINE IS COLD, FAILS TO TURN OVER ON FIRST ATTEMPT, BUT AND WILL TURN OVER AT SECOND OR THIRD ATTEMPTS. MODEL 2010\-2012 F10. \*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, Starter

## Vehicles listed

- 2010 to 2012 BMW 5 SERIES
- 2011 BMW 525XI
- 2010 to 2012 BMW 528I
- 2010 to 2012 BMW 535I
- 2011 BMW 535I US
- 2010 to 2012 BMW 535XI
- 2010 to 2012 BMW 550I

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [120514](/bulletins/10148307.md), 2018-11-13, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY; ENGINE. N20/N26: Engine Fails to Run on Repeated Cold Start. The engine turns over but does not start on a repeat cold\-starting attempt. For example, on the first cold start the engine may start normally, but if shut off right away, the engine may then fail to start and remain running on the next repeated attempts. Unfavorable DME software in combination with the NGK SILZKBR8B8S spark plug

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