{"nhtsa_id":10031564,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2010-01-06","date":"2009-09-01","document_id":"SI-B63-10-08","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS","mfr_system":null,"summary":"BMW: CRACKED THIRD BRAKE LIGHT. THE MOUNTING TENSION ON THE THIRD BRAKE LIGHT LENS IS CAUSING THE LENS TO CRACK FROM THE BODY. WHEN INSTALLING OR REPLACING THE THIRD BRAKE LIGHT, P/N 63 25 7 165 978, ADDITIONAL SPACERS MUST BE ADDED TO THE MOUNTING STUDS TO REDUCE THE MOUNTING TENSION. (E82 E88). *PE","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10031564","components":[{"id":"lighting","name":"Lighting","parent":null},{"id":"brake-light","name":"Brake lights","parent":"lighting"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"1 SERIES","year_from":2002,"year_to":2008,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]}],"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":[]}