# Service bulletin 180100

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: 619677
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-06\-23
- Manufacturer's number: 180100
- Manufacturer's date: 2001\-03\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR

## NHTSA's summary

BMW HAS DETERMINED THAT CERTAIN 1997 MODEL YEAR VEHICLES WITH 1.9 LITER DISPLACEMENT ENGINES PRODUCED FROM 1/97 \- 8/97 MAY EXHIBIT A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THIS MAY CAUSE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE AND DRIVABILITY COULD BECOME AFFECTED. BMW IS CONDUCTING A VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS RECALL CAMPAIGN TO REPLACE THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER ON ALL AFFECTED VEHICLES. \*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, Exhaust and emissions, Catalytic converter

## Vehicles listed

- BMW E36
- BMW Z3

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