{"nhtsa_id":10042685,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2012-01-06","date":"2011-09-01","document_id":"SIB-51-29-11","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM:REAR WINDOW","mfr_system":null,"summary":"BMW: DUE TO ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS, ON SOME VEHICLES, THE HEATING CONDUCTORS AND FOIL CONNECTORS, THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER MAY FAIL TO OPERATE PROPERLY. *PE","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10042685","components":[{"id":"visibility","name":"Glass, wipers and mirrors","parent":null},{"id":"hvac","name":"Heating and air conditioning","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"X3","year_from":2011,"year_to":2011,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_bmw_x3"]}],"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":[]}