# Service bulletin 12 10 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: 600873
- Published by NHTSA: 1998\-06\-10
- Manufacturer's number: 12 10 97
- Manufacturer's date: 1998\-03\-01
- Replaces: 12 08 97
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM

## NHTSA's summary

SUBJECT ON VOLUNTARY EXHAUST EMISSION SERVICE ACTION NO. 98E\-A01. PRODUCED FROM 10/95 \- 11/97 \*YC\*DB

## 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, Exhaust and emissions

## Vehicles listed

- 1996 to 1998 BMW 328I
- 1997 BMW 328IC
- 1996 BMW 528I
- 1997 to 1998 BMW 528I
- 1996 to 1998 BMW M3

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [1997173](/recalls/tc/1997173.md), 1997-10-09: Engine

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [B122817](/bulletins/10142928.md), 2018-07-16, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. SERVICE ACTION: PROGRAM DME \(FOR O2 SENSORS\): Due to DME software error, the following oxygen sensors plausibility fault codes may be stored in DME 5.2.1 control module:
- [SIB122512](/bulletins/10051359.md), 2013-03-05, Service bulletin: ENGINE. BMW: VEHICLE DOES NOT START: LOOSE GROUND Z6000 \*4B. COVERED UNDER THE TERMS OF THE BMW NEW VEHICLE/SAV LIMITED WARRANTY. \*JS
- [SIB\-22\-01\-07](/bulletins/10032815.md), 2010-05-27, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; STEERING:GEAR BOX \(OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION\); EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. BMW VEHICLE: NOISE FROM FRONT AXLE/RIGHT SIDE. A GRINDING OR SCRAPING NOISE MAY BE HEARD WHILE CORNERING AT VEHICLE SPEEDS UP TO 30 MPH. THE NOISE IS MORE PRONOUNCED WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN THE WARM UP PHASE AND MAY CHANGE INTENSITY DURING LEFT AND RIGHT TURNS. THE RIGHT SIDE ENGINE SUPPORT IS MAKING CONTACT WITH THE RIGHT SIDE ENGINE MOUNT. \*PE
- [SI\-B11\-07\-09](/bulletins/10030850.md), 2009-12-09, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS. BMW: THERMOSTAT HOUSING INSPECTION. THE RETAINING SPRINGS OF THE THERMOSTAT HOUSING QUICK RELEASE COUPLINGS FOR THE COOLANT HOSES MAY NOT BE LOCKED CORRECTLY. THIS SITUATION MAY RESULT IN A COOLANT LEAK. MODELS AFFECTED ARE M3 SEDAN \(E90\), COUPE \(92\), AND CONVERTIBLE \(393\). NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. \*PE
- [SIB\-12\-12\-08](/bulletins/10028525.md), 2009-05-06, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS. BMW: SERVICE ENGINE LAMP IS ILLUMINATED. DME FC 2A15 MINOR LEAK AND 2A16 SUPERFINE LEAK IN EVAPORATION SYSTEM. TANK VENTILATION CORRUGATED HOSE MAY CONTACT THE LOW SIDE AIR CONDITIONING PRESSURE LINE ALUMINUM FERREL. THIS CONTACT MAY CAUSE A SMALL LEAK. \*PE
- [SI B11 13 07](/bulletins/10025584.md), 2008-08-22, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OTHER FUEL TYPES:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER. N54 RATTLE NOISE FROM TURBOCHARGER AREA. MODELS E90, E92 AND E93 \(3 SERIES\) 335I AND 335XI; E60 AND E61 \(5 SERIES\) 535I AND 535XI, ALL WITH N54 ENGINE FROM THE START OF PRODUCTION TO JANUARY 17, 2008 PRODUCTION. \*PE
- [SI B12 01 08](/bulletins/10025573.md), 2008-08-22, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. N52 EDK THROTTLE JAMMING FAULTS 2D09, 2CED AND 2CEC. MODEL E90 AND E91 \(3 SERIES\) AND E60 AND E61 \(5 SERIES\), ALL MODELS UP TO 11/2005 WITH N52 ENGINE. \*PE
- [120405](/bulletins/10015410.md), 2005-07-16, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. CHECK ENGINE LAMP ILLUMINATED AND/OR VEHICLE OVERHEATS. BMW E90 \(3 SERIES\) ALL E90 \(3 SERIES\) AND E60 \(5 SERIES\) MODELS EQUIPPED WITH N52 ENGINE. \*TT
- [12 10 97](/bulletins/53954.md), 2000-02-29, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL. OXYGEN SENSOR FAULTS. \*AK
- [120299](/bulletins/604633.md), 1999-05-07, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. CUSTOMER MAY COMPLAIN OF ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH ON COLD START. \*TT

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