Service bulletins for the 2012 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.
280 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.
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| SIB-61-06-11 | 2012-01-06. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE. BMW: ON CERTAIN VEHICLES, THE JBE (JUNCTION BOX ELECTRONICS) MODULE FAILS PROGRAMMING DURING A SOFTWARE UPDATE OF THE VEHICLE. *PE |
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| SIB-16-05-11 | 2011-12-08. Service bulletin. FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:FUEL GAUGE SYSTEM. BMW: FUEL GAUGE SENSOR IS NOT REGISTERING CORRECT FUEL LEVEL OF FULL OR NEAR EMPTY PROPERLY. IMPROVEMENT TASK FORCE AVAILABLE TO HELP WITH DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR OF FUEL LEVEL SENSOR. *PE UPDATED 4/23/12. *PE UPDATED 5/1/2012. *KB |
| SIB-51-34-11 | 2011-12-08. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. BMW: OVER THE LIFETIME OF THE VEHICLE, CORROSION FORMATION COULD OCCUR DUE TO WATER ENTERING THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. ENGINE COMPARTMENT CENTER BULKHEAD PARTITION SHOULD BE SEALED. *PE |
| SIB-61-12-11 | 2011-12-08. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING. BMW: VEHICLE NOT OPERATING PROPERLY BECAUSE OF VARIOUS ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTIONS NOT WORKING. *PE |
| SIB-12-16-11 | 2011-09-30. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE. BMW: SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT IS ON AND THE ENGINE HAS REDUCED POWER WITH TROUBLE CODES STORED. *RM UPDATED ON 4/24/2013. *KB |
The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.