Service bulletins for the 2008 BMW X5
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.
245 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| 631009 | 2018-12-03. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS. INFORMATION Note: Failures that result from the installation of non-approved accessories and/or non-original parts are not covered. Procedure A with Reprogramming and Encoding the Vehicle Covered under the terms of the BMW New Vehicle/SAV Limited Warranty or the BMW Certified Pre-Owned Program. Labor operation code 00 00 006 is a Main labor operation. If you are using a Main labor code for another repair, use the Plus code labor operation 00 00 556 instead. If a control module fails to program correctly or initializations are required, the additional work must be claimed with separate labor operations under the applicable defect code listed above; refer to KSD2. And, if necessary, also: Procedure A without Reprogramming and Encoding the Vehicle (Vehicle is already at the Correct I-Level) Covered under the terms of the BMW New Vehicle/SAV Limited Warranty. |
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| SIB-27-02-12 | 2013-07-18. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC; SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:ABS WARNING LIGHT. BMW: DUE TO AN ERROR IN SOFTWARE CALIBRATION, SOME VEHICLES ARE EXPERIENCING WARNING ILLUMINATION OF DSC, ABS AND BRAKE AND A POSSIBLE WARNING IN CONTROL DISPLAY FOR CHASSIS CONTROL SYSTEM FAILURE. MODELS 2009-2012 F30, 01, 02, 07, 10, 12, 13, 25, E70, 71, 84. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE |
| SIB-63-10-09 | 2011-08-16. Service bulletin. EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS. BMW: THE BRAKE LIGHT FAILS AND THE BULB HOLDER IS DEFORMED DUE TO HIGH TEMPERATURES AND THE COMPOSITION OF THE HOLDER. *RM UPDATED ON 4/25/2013. *KB |
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