# Service bulletin 611300

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: 618592
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-04\-17
- Manufacturer's number: 611300
- Manufacturer's date: 2000\-10\-01
- NHTSA component: VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER

## NHTSA's summary

SOME VEHICLES WITH RAIN SENSING WIPERS, PRODUCED BEFORE FEBRUARY 2000 MAY EXHIBIT A WINDSHIELD WIPER THAT WIPES CONTINUOUSLY OR IN AN ERRATIC WAY; THE SENSITIVITY OF THE RAIN SENSOR CANNOT BE ADJUSTED; CONTROL OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPER VIA THE RAIN SENSOR FAILS INTERMITTENTLY; THE WINDSHIELD WIPER REMAINS OFF FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME; THE WIPER SWITCHES ON WITHOUT REASON WHEN THE VEHICLE MOVES FROM SHADE TO SUNLIGHT; THE WIPER WIPES THE WINDSHIELD FOUR OR FIVE TIMES WHEN THE RAIN SENSORS IS ACTIVATED; AND / OR THE WIPERS STOP APPROXIMATELY 10 DEGREES TO 15 DEGREES FROM THE END POSITION. \*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

Glass, wipers and mirrors, Wipers and washers

## Vehicles listed

- BMW E38
- BMW E39
- BMW E46 SERIES

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