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Service bulletin SB-11-05-13

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 id10053584
Published by NHTSA2013-11-08
Manufacturer's numberSB-11-05-13
Manufacturer's date2013-09-01
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

NHTSA's summary

BMW: CHECK COOLANT MESSAGE ILLUMINATED. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER THERE ARE TRACES OF COOLANT LEAKING INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AT THE TURBOCHARGERS. VEHICLES WITH S63T ENGINE. *KB

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

Engine

Vehicles listed
BMW M52013
BMW M62013

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
12V4750002012-09-28. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component
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B1112162019-08-19. Service bulletin. The crankcase ventilation hoses may become brittle and break when they come in contact with hot engine components. One or more of the crankcase ventilation hoses are not FPM (fluoroelastomer) rubber material. The FPM rubber material is engine heat resistant. Or The plastic corrugated hoses are not fitted with the self-locking spacers. The self-locking spacers maintain an air gap between the hoses and the hot engine components.
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