# Service bulletin SIB\-12\-33\-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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10058476
- Published by NHTSA: 2015\-09\-26
- Manufacturer's number: SIB\-12\-33\-14
- Manufacturer's date: 2015\-03\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

BMW: DUE TO TRANSMISSION OIL HEAT EXCHANGER'S FAULTY THERMOSTAT OR ENGINE FAULTY CHARACTERISTIC MAP THERMOSTAT, ENGINE COOLANT FAILS TO REACH OPERATING TEMPERATURE, WITH LOW HEAT OUTPUT AND SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT COMES ON. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. \*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

Engine, Cooling system

## Vehicles listed

- 2012 to 2013 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2012 to 2013 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2012 to 2013 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2013 BMW 3 SERIES
- 2013 to 2015 BMW X3
- 2015 BMW X4

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [24V608000](/recalls/nhtsa/24V608000.md), 2024-08-13: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:CONNECTORS/PLUGS/RECEPTACLES; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:PUMP

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [B512715](/bulletins/10147252.md), 2018-11-05, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR ASSEMBLY. "Under certain conditions, the additional radiator could not be cooled sufficiently. This could cause the engine to overheat. The engine power would be reduced and a Check Control Message would appear. AFFECTED VEHICLES This Delivery Stop involves F34 \(3 Series Gran Turismo\) produced from July 13, 2015 to July 18, 2015. Vehicles which require this Delivery Stop to be completed will show it as ""Open"" when checked either in AIR, the ""Service Menu"" of DCSnet \(Dealer Communication System\) or with the Key Reader."
- [B\-123314](/bulletins/10058490.md), 2015-09-28, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM. DURING THE DME'S TIME LIMITS ENGINE COOLANT DOES NOT REACH OPERATING TEMPERATURE CAUSE BY FAULTY THERMOSTAT INSIDE TRANSMISSION \*CN

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