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Service bulletin 640690

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 id614279
Published by NHTSA2000-10-06
Manufacturer's number640690
Manufacturer's date2000-08-01
Replaces640690
NHTSA componentEQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER

NHTSA's summary

SOME E30 (3 SERIES) MODELS PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1988 MAY EXHIBIT AN AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR THAT DOES NOT ENGAGE - REVISED REPAIR PROCEDURE. *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

Equipment and accessories, Heating and air conditioning

Vehicles listed
BMW 3 SERIES1988
BMW 3 SERIES1988
BMW 3 SERIES1988
BMW 3 SERIES1988

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

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
19931001993-07-19. Heater And Defroster

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