{"nhtsa_id":10034670,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2011-01-03","date":"2010-06-25","document_id":"US-32501987-01","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:PADS; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS","mfr_system":null,"summary":"BMW: INFORMATION ON THE USE OF AFTERMARKET BRAKE PADS. BMW MOTORRAD USES BRAKE PADS WITH A 4.6 MM THICK CARRIER PLATE. ONLY BRAKE PADS WITH AT LEAST A 4.5MM THICK CARRIER PLATE ENSURE THAT BRAKE PADS CAN BE WORN DOWN TO THEIR WEAR LIMIT WITHOUT RISK OF DANGER. NUMEROUS AFTERMARKET BRAKE PADS ARE OFFERED THAT HAVE A THINNER CARRIER PLATE, PARTICULAR BRAKE PADS FOR RACING. MODEL E SERIES (K46). NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10034670","components":[{"id":"brakes","name":"Brakes","parent":null},{"id":"brake-pad","name":"Brake pads","parent":"brakes"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"E 31 SERIES","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"BMW","model":"E 36 SERIES","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"BMW","model":"E38 SERIES","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"BMW","model":"E39 SERIES","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"BMW","model":"E46 SERIES","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"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":[]}