{"nhtsa_id":10030850,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2009-12-09","date":"2009-08-01","document_id":"SI-B11-07-09","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:HOSES/LINES/PIPING/FITTINGS","mfr_system":null,"summary":"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","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10030850","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"cooling-system","name":"Cooling system","parent":"engine"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"M3","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"BMW","model":"M3","year_from":1994,"year_to":1994,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"BMW","model":"M3","year_from":1995,"year_to":1999,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1995_bmw_m3","1996_bmw_m3","1997_bmw_m3","1998_bmw_m3","1999_bmw_m3"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"M3","year_from":2000,"year_to":2000,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"BMW","model":"M3","year_from":2001,"year_to":2005,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2001_bmw_m3","2002_bmw_m3","2003_bmw_m3","2004_bmw_m3","2005_bmw_m3"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"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.","attribution":[]}