Service bulletin SIB-12-10-14

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)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10056093
Published by NHTSA	2014-09-02
Manufacturer's number	SIB-12-10-14
Manufacturer's date	2014-06-16
Replaces	SIB-12-10-14-A
NHTSA component	ENGINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

NHTSA's summary

BMW: THERE IS NO DRIVABILITY ISSUES, OR FUNCTIONALITY, OR EMISSIONS-RELATED PROBLEMS OF CHECK ENGINE LAMP (CEL), DUE TO AN INTERMITTENT CEL BEING ILLUMINATED. MODEL I01 (I3). *PE UPDATED 9/4/14. *PE

The document

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Components

Electrical system, Engine

Vehicles listed
BMW I3	2014

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

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