# Service campaign B330225

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 campaign
- NHTSA id: 11018517
- Published by NHTSA: 2025\-05\-21
- Manufacturer's number: B330225
- Manufacturer's date: 2025\-05\-12
- Campaign id or software version: 0033340200
- NHTSA component: POWER TRAIN

## NHTSA's summary

Sufficient grease was not applied to the left rear axle shaft. The velocity joints could overheat after a short amount of driving

## The document

- [NHTSA's copy of the document (PDF)](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11018517-0001.pdf)
- [If that address does not open, try this one](https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2025/MC-11018517-9999.pdf)

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

## Components

Transmission and driveline

## Vehicles listed

- 2025 BMW X3

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [B063826](/bulletins/11035491.md), 2026-08-03, Other: POWER TRAIN. Shaft Return
- [B270220](/bulletins/11019579.md), 2025-06-17, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN. There is a jerking or shuddering during either or both of the following: Cornering or accelerating from low speeds Driving with low to medium loads
- [B260125](/bulletins/11016420.md), 2025-04-03, Service campaign: POWER TRAIN. Delivery Stop \- Driveshaft

JSON: [/v1/bulletins/11018517](/v1/bulletins/11018517)

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