# Service bulletin M010513

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: 10150236
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-12\-03
- Manufacturer's number: M010513
- Manufacturer's date: 2013\-08\-01
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE

## NHTSA's summary

Bodyguard\(r\) Exterior Paint Finish Protection. As part of our ongoing quality improvements, all MINI vehicles arriving at your dealer are fitted with a protective film \(Bodyguard\(r\)\) on the hood, trunk lid and hardtop roof surfaces. As we stated in a separate communication, we encourage you to keep the Bodyguard protection on the vehicles while in storage \- especially stock vehicles stored outside \- until time of delivery preparation and customer handover. For the next six months, we are piloting a revised policy to permit warranty claims for damage found when the protective film is eventually removed. Important: The Bodyguard film must not remain on any vehicle beyond six \(6\) months from its date of production.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10150236-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10150236-0001.pdf)

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

## Components

Body and frame

## Vehicles listed

- BMW K SERIES

JSON: [/v1/bulletins/10150236](/v1/bulletins/10150236)

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