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Service bulletin 24 02 15

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 id10059011
Published by NHTSA2016-01-12
Manufacturer's number24 02 15
Manufacturer's date2015-06-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION; POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

NHTSA's summary

ON THE TRANSMISSION SIDE, THERE IS A TRANSMISSION FLUID LEAK AROUND THE OIL COOLER LINES. *MA

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, Automatic transmission, Manual transmission

Vehicles listed
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES
BMW 3 SERIES2013
BMW 3 SERIES2013
BMW 3 SERIES2013
BMW 3 SERIES2013
BMW X12016
BMW X1 SAV2015
BMW Z4

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

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SIB-24-02-152015-10-07. Service bulletin. BMW: ON TRANSMISSION SIDE, IN SOME VEHICLES, THE TRANSMISSION FLUID IS LEAKING AROUND THE AREA OF THE OIL COOLER LINES CAUSING UNFAVORABLE COOLING LINE CONNECTION TOLERANCES TO DAMAGE O RINGS. MODEL E84 (X1), E89 (Z4), F22 & 23 (2 SERIES), F30 & 31 (3 SERIES), F32 & 33 (4 SERIES), F34 (GRAN TURISMO), F36 (GRAN COUPE). *PE