# Service bulletin 110601

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: 626476
- Published by NHTSA: 2001\-12\-14
- Manufacturer's number: 110601
- Manufacturer's date: 2001\-10\-01
- NHTSA component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE

## NHTSA's summary

SUBJECT REGARDING ENGINE OIL VISCOSITY CHANGE. \*JG

## 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

- 2000 to 2001 BMW M COUPE
- 2000 to 2001 BMW M ROADSTER
- 2000 BMW M3
- 2001 BMW M3

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SI\-B12\-22\-08](/bulletins/10032574.md), 2010-04-14, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR. BMW: VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS RECALL 08E\-A03; M3 S54\-DME REPROGRAMMING FOR CATALYST CONVERSION DIAGNOSIS. THE DME PROGRAMMING, AS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED, MAY CAUSE THE OBD DIAGNOSTIC TO ERRONEOUSLY EVALUATE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. \*PE
- [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
- [SI\-B12\-22\-08](/bulletins/10029304.md), 2009-07-06, Service bulletin: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL. BMW: AS ORIGINALLY INSTALLED, THE DME PROGRAMMING MAY CAUSE THE OBD DIAGNOSTIC TO ERRONEOUSLY EVALUATE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS. MODEL E46 \(M3\) COUPE AND CONVERTIBLES. \*PE

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