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Service bulletin SIB-63-05-12

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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id10053498
Published by NHTSA2013-11-02
Manufacturer's numberSIB-63-05-12
Manufacturer's date2013-08-01
NHTSA componentEXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS

NHTSA's summary

BMW: ON THE TRUNK LID, THE TAIL LAMP IS LOOSE AND NOT PROPERLY ATTACHED, ON SOME VEHICLES. MODELS 2011-2013 3 SERIES (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

Lighting, Tail lights

Vehicles listed
BMW 3 SERIES2012, 2013
BMW 3 SERIES2012, 2013
BMW 3 SERIES2012, 2013
BMW 3 SERIES2013

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

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
B6301192019-06-24. Service bulletin. The tail light mounting brackets may be cracked or broken. During assembly oil may have contaminated the plastic housing of the rear tail lamps causing damage to the mounting points of the tail light assembly.
B6301192019-05-20. Service bulletin. DELIVERY STOP: REWORK TAIL LIGHTS. The tail light mounting brackets may be cracked or broken. During assembly oil may have contaminated the plastic housing of the rear tail lamps causing damage to the mounting points of the tail light assembly.
B6301192019-05-20. Service bulletin. DELIVERY STOP: REWORK TAIL LIGHTS. The tail light mounting brackets may be cracked or broken. During assembly oil may have contaminated the plastic housing of the rear tail lamps causing damage to the mounting points of the tail light assembly.
B6301192019-04-22. Service bulletin. DELIVERY STOP: REWORK TAIL LIGHTS. The tail light mounting brackets may be cracked or broken. During assembly oil may have contaminated the plastic housing of the rear tail lamps causing damage to the mounting points of the tail light assembly.
6305122018-12-03. Service bulletin. Tail Lamp Is Loose in theTrunk Lid. The customer may notice the tail lamp is either loose or protruding outward from the trunk lid. The tail lamp is not attached to the trunk lid properly.
6311132018-11-13. Service bulletin. One or Both Trunk Lid Tail Lamps Malfunction. One of the tail lamps is out in the trunk lid light cluster. This is accompanied by one of the following CCM (Check Control Messages): * Tail lamp in tailgate malfunction * Rear fog light malfunction * Reversing light malfunction CAUSE Bulb socket, rear lamp in trunk lid defective
B6309172018-05-14. Service bulletin. REAR TAIL LIGHT FAILURE: Exterior rear lights do not work.