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Service bulletin 41/03/96

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 id50679
Published by NHTSA1997-05-27
Manufacturer's number41/03/96
Manufacturer's date1996-11-01
NHTSA componentSTRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS

NHTSA's summary

WIND NOISE DIAGNOSTICS. *TW

The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

Components

Body and frame

Vehicles listed
BMW 318I1993, 1994, 1995
BMW 318IC1995, 1996
BMW 318IC1997 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 318ICA1995, 1996 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 318ICA1997 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 3251993 to 1996
BMW 325I1993, 1994, 1995
BMW 325IC1994
BMW 325IS1993, 1994
BMW 328I1996
BMW 5251993 to 1996
BMW 525I1993, 1994, 1995
BMW 525I1996
BMW 525IA1994, 1995 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 525IA1996
BMW 525IT1992, 1993, 1994 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 525ITA1994, 1995 (the catalog's model; the bulletin names a series or trim of it)
BMW 525ITA1996
BMW 5281993 to 1996
BMW 528I1991 to 1996
BMW 730I1993
BMW 730I1994
BMW 7351993 to 1996
BMW 7401993 to 1996
BMW 840CI1993, 1994, 1995, 1996

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

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