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Service bulletin 16 04 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.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
TypeService bulletin
NHTSA id600433
Published by NHTSA1998-05-14
Manufacturer's number16 04 97
Manufacturer's date1998-02-01
NHTSA componentENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE

NHTSA's summary

NEW EVAPORATIVE (CHARCOAL) CANISTER PURGE LINE. ALL E38 AND E39 MODELE INTRODUCED INTO PRODUCTION APPROXIMATELY 3/97 *DB*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

Engine

Vehicles listed
BMW 528I1996
BMW 528I1997, 1998
BMW 540I1996
BMW 540I1997, 1998
BMW 740I1996
BMW 740I1997, 1998
BMW 740IL1995, 1996, 1997, 1998
BMW 750IL1995
BMW M51996 to 1998

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
98V1780001998-08-04. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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