# Service bulletin 120815

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: 10147598
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-11\-13
- Manufacturer's number: 120815
- Manufacturer's date: 2015\-01\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM; ENGINE

## NHTSA's summary

"SUBJECT N62TU: ISTA Service Function for DME ""RAM Backup"". The ISTA Service Function test plan should be performed to clear stored values in the DME RAM memory after repairs are completed, in the following situations: z VANOS or engine\-related repairs if any of the following faults cannot be cleared: 2A90 \- Exhaust camshaft, tooth offset to crankshaft 2A91 \- Exhaust camshaft 2, tooth offset to crankshaft 2A8A \- Inlet VANOS, adaptation stop 2A8B \- Inlet VANOS, adaptation stop 2 2A8C \- Exhaust VANOS, adaptation stop 2A8D \- Exhaust VANOS, adaptation stop 2 2A8E \- Inlet camshaft, tooth offset to crankshaft 2A8F \- Inlet camshaft 2, tooth offset to crankshaft z The engine oil level display continues to show as overfilled even after being corrected. This is also described in SI B12 05 07."

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2015/MC-10147598-9999.pdf)
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## Components

Engine, Exhaust and emissions

## Vehicles listed

- 2004 to 2007 BMW 525I
- 2006 to 2007 BMW 525XI
- 2008 to 2010 BMW 528I
- 2004 to 2007 BMW 530I
- 2006 to 2007 BMW 530XI
- 2008 to 2010 BMW 535I
- 2004 to 2005 BMW 545I
- 2006 to 2010 BMW 550I
- 2004 to 2005 BMW 645CI
- 2006 to 2010 BMW 650I
- 2002 to 2005 BMW 745I
- 2002 to 2005 BMW 745LI
- 2006 to 2008 BMW 750I
- 2006 to 2008 BMW 750LI
- 2005 to 2006 BMW 760I
- 2003 to 2008 BMW 760LI
- 2007 to 2008 BMW B7 ALPINA
- 2006 to 2010 BMW M5
- 2006 to 2010 BMW M6
- 2007 to 2010 BMW X5

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2023568](/recalls/tc/2023568.md), 2023-10-20: Engine
- [23V707000](/recalls/nhtsa/23V707000.md), 2023-10-20: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
- [2022095](/recalls/tc/2022095.md), 2022-03-02: Engine
- [19V273000](/recalls/nhtsa/19V273000.md), 2019-04-04: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CRANKCASE \(PCV\)
- [18V336000](/recalls/nhtsa/18V336000.md), 2018-05-23: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
- [18V248000](/recalls/nhtsa/18V248000.md), 2018-04-18: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER
- [17V683000](/recalls/nhtsa/17V683000.md), 2017-10-30: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CRANKCASE \(PCV\)
- [2017470](/recalls/tc/2017470.md), 2017-09-28: Engine
- [2014170](/recalls/tc/2014170.md), 2014-05-13: Engine
- [2014127](/recalls/tc/2014127.md), 2014-04-10: Engine

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