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Service bulletin 245001

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 id619687
Published by NHTSA2001-06-23
Manufacturer's number245001
Manufacturer's date2001-04-01
NHTSA componentPOWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)

NHTSA's summary

THIS SERVICE INFORMATION BULLETIN STATES THAT DUE TO A TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM / EGS) SOFTWARE ERROR, A COMMUNICATION CONFLICT MAY EXIST BETWEEN THE TCM AND AN AFTERMARKET SCAN TOOL. A SERVICE ACTION HAS BEEN INITIATED INVOLVING CERTAIN VEHICLES WITH THE M54B30 ENGINE WHICH WERE PRODUCED UP TO 11/2000. *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

Transmission and driveline, Automatic transmission, Transmission control module

Vehicles listed
BMW E53

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