# Service bulletin 612014

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: 10148371
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-11\-13
- Manufacturer's number: 612014
- Manufacturer's date: 2014\-08\-01
- NHTSA component: EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY

## NHTSA's summary

Vehicle Only Starts when Remote Key Held Against Column. The vehicle does not start using the Comfort Start feature. The vehicle does start once the remote key is held next to the steering column emergency start area \(key symbol at the right side of the column between the white marks\). The antenna \(aerial\) in the passenger compartment near the front of the center console has shorted wiring.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10148371-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10148371-0001.pdf)

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it.

## Components

Electrical system, Equipment and accessories, Starter

## Vehicles listed

- 2013 to 2015 BMW 320I
- 2014 to 2015 BMW 328D
- 2012 to 2015 BMW 328I
- 2012 to 2015 BMW 335I
- 2013 BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 3
- 2014 to 2015 BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 3

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [B122618](/bulletins/10149965.md), 2018-12-03, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY; ENGINE. ? ?SERVICE ACTION: REPLACE THE STARTER MOTOR F30/G12 PHEV. Due to high impact energy when engaging, the circlip for the starter motor pinion positioning may break which may cause the pinion to move in the direction of the starter jaw, causing a a damage of the starter motor. Also, a consequential damage to the flywheel \(torsional vibration damper\) and automatic transmission may occurr.
- [120514](/bulletins/10148307.md), 2018-11-13, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY; ENGINE. N20/N26: Engine Fails to Run on Repeated Cold Start. The engine turns over but does not start on a repeat cold\-starting attempt. For example, on the first cold start the engine may start normally, but if shut off right away, the engine may then fail to start and remain running on the next repeated attempts. Unfavorable DME software in combination with the NGK SILZKBR8B8S spark plug

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