# Service bulletin B612115

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: 10151014
- Published by NHTSA: 2018\-12\-10
- Manufacturer's number: B612115
- Manufacturer's date: 2016\-01\-01
- NHTSA component: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER; ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL \(ESC\); ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

## NHTSA's summary

The Instrument Cluster Displays Various Check Control Messages. This includes messages for the PDC \(Park Distance Control\), DSC \(Dynamic Stability Control\) and windshield washer system. There can be many different fault codes stored in the vehice. Signal invalid. The wiring harness below the micro filter housing \(right front area of the bulkhead\) is damaged from washer fluid leaking into the harness.

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10151014-9999.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10151014-0001.pdf)

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

## Components

Driver assistance, Electrical system, Glass, wipers and mirrors, Wipers and washers, Wiring and fuses

## Vehicles listed

- 2011 to 2017 BMW X3
- 2015 to 2017 BMW X4

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [24V608000](/recalls/nhtsa/24V608000.md), 2024-08-13: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:CONNECTORS/PLUGS/RECEPTACLES; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:PUMP

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [B612115](/bulletins/10151187.md), 2018-12-10, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL. The Instrument Cluster Displays Various Check Control Messages. The instrument cluster displays various check control messages. Signal invalid. The wiring harness below the micro filter housing \(right front area of the bulkhead\) is damaged from washer fluid leaking into the harness.
- [B621415](/bulletins/10151019.md), 2018-12-10, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. Instrument Cluster Multifunction Display Intermittently Blank . Some information displays in the Instrument Cluster \(KOMBI\) may intermittently go blank. This may include the tachometer and speedometer displays. There is a software error in the KOMBI.
- [B610116](/bulletins/10151013.md), 2018-12-10, Service bulletin: STEERING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; VISIBILITY/WIPER. The Windshield Wipers Come On Erroneously. The windshield wipers come on by themselves without activating the switch. This can happen at vehicle start or while driving. Communication error between the SZL \(Steering Column Switch Center\) and the JBBF \(Junction Box Co Driver\).
- [B612115](/bulletins/10150895.md), 2018-12-10, Service bulletin: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DISPLAYS VARIOUS CHECK CONTROL MESSAGES. The instrument cluster displays various check control messages. THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DISPLAYS VARIOUS CHECK CONTROL MESSAGES. The instrument cluster displays various check control messages. This includes messages for the PDC \(Park Distance Control\), DSC \(Dynamic Stability Control\) and windshield washer system. There can be many different fault codes stored in the vehicle. The wiring harness below the micro filter housing \(right front area of the bulkhead\) is damaged from washer fluid leaking into the harness.
- [B612115](/bulletins/10147031.md), 2018-11-05, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. The Instrument Cluster Displays Various Check Control Messages This Service Information bulletin supersedes SI B61 21 15 dated March 2016.. The instrument cluster displays various check control messages. This includes messages for the PDC \(Park Distance Control\), DSC \(Dynamic Stability Control\) and windshield washer system. There can be many different fault codes stored in the vehicle. Signal invalid. The wiring harness below the micro filter housing \(right front area of the bulkhead\) is damaged from washer fluid leaking into the harness.
- [SI B61 18 14](/bulletins/10058158.md), 2015-08-06, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. BMW MODL F25\(X3\): INFORMATION REGARDING VARIOUS ELECTRICAL FAULTS CAUSED BY SHORTED K\-CAN2. \*LJ
- [SI B65 13 13](/bulletins/10057762.md), 2015-06-24, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH. BMW: SOME BMW MODELS CENTRAL INFORMATION DISPLAY \(CID\) ARE BLANK AND DISPLAY "NO SIGNAL". \*TA
- [SIB\-61\-18\-14](/bulletins/10056324.md), 2014-10-30, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. BMW: IN SOME VEHICLES, WHEN THE K CAN2 WIRING IS SHORTED, NO COMMUNICATION WITH ANY CONTROL MODULES \(BOX ELECTRONICS, TELEMATIC CONTROL MODULE,CAR ACCESS SYSTEM, RADIO/NAVIGATION, CENTRAL GATEWAY MODEL OR FOOTWELL MODULE\) DURING VEHICLE TESTING, NO ENGAGEMENT OF TRANSMISSION GEARS, FAIL TO START, WHEN DRIVING, WILL STOP RUNNING. MODEL F25 \(X3\). \*PE
- [SIB\-66\-01\-13](/bulletins/10051999.md), 2013-05-01, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. BMW: DUE TO WIRING HARNESS SHORT CIRCUIT, THE FRONT AND/OR REAR PDC SENSORS FAILS TO WORK WHEN REVERSE GEAR IS SELECTED OR BUTTON \(PDC\) IS PRESSED. MODEL 2011\-2013 F25. \*PE
- [B61\-13\-12](/bulletins/10044023.md), 2012-05-08, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS. BMW:VARIOUS FUNCTIONS OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAIL. IN RARE CASES, THE VEHICLE MAY NOT START. ONE OF THE 100\-AMP FUSES IN THE REAR POWER DISTRIBUTION BOX \(X3\) MOUNTED ON THE BATTERY HAS FAILED. \*JS UPDATED ON 4/25/2013. \*KB

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