{"nhtsa_id":10036911,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2011-04-18","date":"2010-10-01","document_id":"SI-B12-15-10","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"BMW: VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS RECALL CAMPAIGN 10E-A01: PROGRAM CONTROL UNITS (DME RETROFIT). AN ERROR IN DME (DIGITAL MOTOR ELECTRONICS) SOFTWARE, IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE TO READ OUT THE DME DATA USING A NON BMW TESTER (I.E., SCAN TOOL, ETC.). AS A RESULT, AFFECTED VEHICLES MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PASS A STATE EMISSION INSPECTION WHERE THE TESTING PROCEDURE CONSISTS OF SCANNING OBD READINESS CODES. *PE","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10036911","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"exhaust-emissions","name":"Exhaust and emissions","parent":null},{"id":"software","name":"Software","parent":"electrical"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"7 SERIES","year_from":2005,"year_to":2007,"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":[]}