{"nhtsa_id":10051972,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2013-04-25","date":"2013-03-01","document_id":"SIB-61-08-13","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES; VISIBILITY:REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING; VISIBILITY:REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR; VISIBILITY:REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER:LINKAGES; VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING; VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR","mfr_system":null,"summary":"BMW: FRONT AND/OR REAR WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL TO OPERATE. THIS COULD BE CAUSED BY A STIFF OR BINDING WIPER LINKAGE, JUNCTION BOX ELECTRONICS (JBE) SOFTWARE ERROR, OR A DEFECTIVE WIPER MOTOR. MODELS E70, E71, E72. MODEL YEARS ARE NOT LISTED. *KB","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10051972","components":[{"id":"visibility","name":"Glass, wipers and mirrors","parent":null},{"id":"wiper","name":"Wipers and washers","parent":"visibility"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"X5","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"match":"exact","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":[]}