# Service bulletin 61 19 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.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 52227
- Published by NHTSA: 1997\-07\-17
- Manufacturer's number: 61 19 96
- Manufacturer's date: 1997\-01\-01
- NHTSA component: STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR

## NHTSA's summary

CENTRAL LOCKING SWITCH \- CERTAIN CENTRAL LOCKING SWITCHES MAY BE OVERLY SENSITIVE TO VIBRATION, SUCH AS THAT ENCOUNTERED WHEN DRIVING OVER ROUGH ROAD SURFACES \- IN SUCH CASES, THE DOORS OF THE VEHICLE COULD BE CENTRALLY LOCKED WITHOUT TOUCHING THE CENTRAL LOCKING SWITCH. \*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

- 1995 to 1996 BMW 318
- 1995 to 1996 BMW 318IC
- 1995 to 1996 BMW 318ICA
- 1995 to 1996 BMW 325

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SIB\-41\-02\-09](/bulletins/10033135.md), 2010-07-14, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE:BODY; SUSPENSION:REAR:AXLE:NON\-POWERED AXLE ASSEMBLY. BMW VEHICLES: REAR AXLE CARRIER \(SUB FRAME\) SUPPORT PROPOSED CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT. UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, A FRACTURE IN THE STEEL BODY STRUCTURE COULD FORM IN THE AREA AROUND ONE OF THE REAR AXLE CARRIER MOUNTING POINTS. AS A RESULT, A DISTINCT CLICKING NOISE CAN BE HEARD FROM THE AREA OF THE REAR AXLE CARRIER DURING CERTAIN DRIVING CONDITIONS. MODEL E46 \(3SERIES\). NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. \*PE
- [41/03/96](/bulletins/50679.md), 1997-05-27, Service bulletin: STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS. WIND NOISE DIAGNOSTICS. \*TW

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