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Service bulletin SIB-26-01-14

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 id10055942
Published by NHTSA2014-08-06
Manufacturer's numberSIB-26-01-14
Manufacturer's date2014-06-01
ReplacesSIB-26-01-14-A
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT

NHTSA's summary

BMW: ON SOME VEHICLES, THE FRONT DRIVESHAFT'S UNIVERSAL JOINTS MAY WEAR OUT PREMATURELY. ALSO INCLUDED MODEL X6 PRODUCED BETWEEN APRIL 2010 TO JANUARY 2011. *JS UPDATED 9/2/14. *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

Transmission and driveline, Driveshaft

Vehicles listed
BMW X5

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