# Service bulletin 120299

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: 604633
- Published by NHTSA: 1999\-05\-07
- Manufacturer's number: 120299
- Manufacturer's date: 1999\-02\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

## NHTSA's summary

CUSTOMER MAY COMPLAIN OF ENGINE RUNNING ROUGH ON COLD START. \*TT

## 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

- 1998 to 1999 BMW M COUPE
- 1998 to 1999 BMW M ROADSTER
- 1996 to 1999 BMW M3
- 1998 to 1999 BMW Z3

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SI B12 12 10](/bulletins/10037702.md), 2011-06-03, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. BMW: WHEN AT LOWER SPEEDS OR STOPPING THE ENGINE IDLE DIPS TOO LOW BECAUSE OF A SOFTWARE PROBLEM. \*RM
- [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
- [110500](/bulletins/614292.md), 2000-10-06, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. EXPERIENCING A BUZZING OR RATTLING NOISE HEARD COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. \*TT
- [110300](/bulletins/613548.md), 2000-07-21, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. CONSUMER COMPLAINTS REGARDING COOLANT TEMPERATURE GAUGE FLUCTUATES \(IN AND OUT OF RED ZONE\) AND / OR HEATER OUTPUT TOO LOW. \*\*MR
- [121099](/bulletins/606353.md), 1999-08-17, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. INFORMATION REGARDING VOLUNTARY EMISSION RECALL CAMPAIGN NO. 99E\-A01. \*TT
- [120599](/bulletins/604632.md), 1999-05-07, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. CONCERNS WITH ENGINE CRANKING, BUT DOES NOT START. \*TT
- [120599](/bulletins/604618.md), 1999-05-06, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. CONCERNS WITH ENGINE CRANKING, BUT NOT STARTING. \*TT
- [117598](/bulletins/601927.md), 1998-08-31, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE. SUBJECT REGARDING 2.5 AND 2.8 LITER SIX CYLINDER ENGINES. \*YC
- [12 10 97](/bulletins/601101.md), 1998-07-01, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. SUBJECT ON VOLUNTARY EXHAUST EMISSION SERVICE ACTION NO. 98E\-A01. \*YC \*JN
- [12 10 97](/bulletins/600873.md), 1998-06-10, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM. SUBJECT ON VOLUNTARY EXHAUST EMISSION SERVICE ACTION NO. 98E\-A01. PRODUCED FROM 10/95 \- 11/97 \*YC\*DB

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