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Service bulletin 310112

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 id10150323
Published by NHTSA2018-12-03
Manufacturer's number310112
Manufacturer's date2012-10-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN

NHTSA's summary

Clicking Noise from Front Axle. Clicking noises are heard from the front axle area while maneuvering at low speeds (e.g., parking lot maneuvers). CAUSE Movement between the contact surfaces of the wheel bearing and swivel bearing (knuckle)

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Transmission and driveline

Vehicles listed
BMW 1 SERIES M2011 to 2013
BMW 528I2011, 2012, 2013
BMW 535I2011, 2012, 2013
BMW 535I GRAN TURISMO2010, 2011, 2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 535I US2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 550I2011, 2012, 2013
BMW 550I GRAN TURISMO2010, 2011, 2012 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 640I2012, 2013
BMW 650I2012, 2013
BMW 740I2012, 2013
BMW 740I US2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 740LI2011, 2012, 2013
BMW 750I2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
BMW 750LI2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
BMW 760LI2010, 2011, 2012
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 52012, 2013
BMW ACTIVE HYBRID 72012 to 2013
BMW ACTIVEHYBRID 72011
BMW F800 R2013
BMW M52013
BMW M62013
BMW R 1200 GS ADVENTURE2011 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW X52007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
BMW X5 M2010 to 2012
BMW X62008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
BMW X6 M2010 to 2012

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
20171132017-03-03. Powertrain
17V1380002017-03-02. POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
17V0670002017-02-02. POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT
16V3110002016-05-17. POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
20162262016-05-13. Powertrain
12V0190002012-01-23. POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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