# Service bulletin 72 08 97

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: 600300
- Published by NHTSA: 1998\-05\-06
- Manufacturer's number: 72 08 97
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-02\-01
- NHTSA component: AIR BAGS

## NHTSA's summary

VARIOUS INFORMATION REGARDING DEACTIVATION OF AIRBAGS. \*YC

## 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

Air bags

## Vehicles listed

- 1997 to 1998 BMW 318I
- 1997 BMW 318IC
- 1997 to 1998 BMW 318TI
- 1997 BMW 328IC
- 1997 to 1998 BMW 540I
- 1997 to 1998 BMW 750IL
- BMW E 31 SERIES
- BMW E32
- BMW E34
- BMW E36
- BMW E38
- BMW E39
- 1997 to 1998 BMW M5

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [B013118](/bulletins/10160287.md), 2019-05-20, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. TAKATA AIR BAG RECALL\-RELATED SHORT\-TERM ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION AND CONSEQUENTIAL REPAIRS This Service Information bulletin supersedes SI B01 31 18 dated October 2018.
- [B013118](/bulletins/10160244.md), 2019-05-20, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. TAKATA AIR BAG RECALL\-RELATED SHORT\-TERM ALTERNATE TRANSPORTATION AND CONSEQUENTIAL REPAIRS This Service Information bulletin supersedes SI B01 31 18 dated October 2018.
- [B080119](/bulletins/10154816.md), 2019-03-18, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. In an effort to improve the completion rate on Takata air bag recall affected vehicles; BMW NA has expanded the BMW Ultimate Rewards platform to include a new Recall Support page. This page will allow IRFs to check their customers VINs for open Takata recalls; and get rewarded for helping us with completing repairs.
- [B011618](/bulletins/10153726.md), 2019-02-25, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS; AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE. TAKATA CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT. CUSTOMER SUPPORT PROGRAM. FRONT DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG MODULES.
- [B011618](/bulletins/10149557.md), 2018-11-26, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; AIR BAGS. For the above\-referenced vehicles with driver?s side airbag modules, BMW of North America, LLC \(?BMW NA?\) will provide a Customer Support Program as outlined in the Takata Settlement Customer Support Program Overview attachment. This ?component\-specific? customer support program applies only if there is a defect in materials or workmanship of the Takata driver?s side airbag module in a listed vehicle.
- [SIB\-65\-36\-09](/bulletins/10037078.md), 2011-05-04, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING; AIR BAGS. BMW: THE AIRBAG WARNING LAMP IS ILLUMINATED DUE TO A SOFTWARE ERROR. \*RM
- [SIB\-65\-75\-06](/bulletins/10029605.md), 2009-07-13, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. BMW SERVICE CAMPAIGN: SEE DOCUMENT SEARCH BUTTON FOR OWNER LETTER. THE AIRBAG WARNING LAMP \(AWL\) IS ILLUMINATED, TOGETHER WITH THE PASSENGER AIRBAG STATUS LAMP \(POL\). THE PROBLEM MAY BE INTERMITTENT. MICROCRACKS IN THE OC3 SEAT MAT. \*PE UPDATED 9/30/11. \*PE
- [72 04 98](/bulletins/602917.md), 1999-01-21, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. INFORMATION ON NEW AIRBAGS. \*YC
- [980701720398](/bulletins/601924.md), 1998-08-31, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS. SITUATION WITH THE AIRBAG WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATES INTERMITTENTLY. \*YC
- [72 04 96](/bulletins/54154.md), 1998-03-30, Service bulletin: AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE\-INACTIVE. SITUATION ON THE SRS AIRBAG LIGHT COMES "ON" AND STAYS ILLUMINATED FOR UP TO TWO MINUTES AFTER STARTING VEHICLE. \*AK

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