{"nhtsa_id":10034667,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2011-01-03","date":"2010-07-01","document_id":"SI-B11-08-03","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CRANKCASE (PCV); ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"BMW: OIL SEPARATOR-COLD CLIMATE CONDITIONS. CERTAIN AREAS OF THE US EXPERIENCE EXTREMELY COLD CLIMATE CONDITIONS DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. A SMALL NUMBER OF VEHICLES HAVE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS RANGING FROM LEAKING OR BROKEN VALVE COVERS TO COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE. INCLUDE MODELS E39, 46, 53, 60, 83, AND E85. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10034667","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"exhaust-emissions","name":"Exhaust and emissions","parent":null},{"id":"pcv","name":"Crankcase ventilation (PCV)","parent":"exhaust-emissions"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"3 SERIES","year_from":2010,"year_to":2010,"match":"curated","vehicle_ids":["2010_bmw_328i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"3 SERIES","year_from":2010,"year_to":2010,"match":"curated","vehicle_ids":["2010_bmw_335i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"3 SERIES","year_from":2010,"year_to":2010,"match":"curated","vehicle_ids":["2010_bmw_335d"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"5 SERIES","year_from":2011,"year_to":2011,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"BMW","model":"X3 SAV","year_from":2009,"year_to":2009,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"BMW","model":"X5","year_from":2011,"year_to":2011,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_bmw_x5"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"Z4","year_from":2010,"year_to":2010,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2010_bmw_z4"]}],"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":[]}