{"nhtsa_id":10146790,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-11-05","date":"2016-12-01","document_id":"B612616","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Interrupted supply of power to the vehicle. Initial vehicle entry / engine ignition may not function. Intermittent power failure during a journey may cause: o Instrument cluster flickering o Engine jerking. Plug-in contact of the positive battery cable, located at the front power distribution box has been damaged. Vehicle vibrations and frictional corrosion can cause a high current flow thru the wire. The excessive current draw causes damage to the battery positive cable plug contact.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10146790-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10146790-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10146790","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"M3","year_from":2009,"year_to":2012,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2009_bmw_m3","2010_bmw_m3","2011_bmw_m3","2012_bmw_m3"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"M3 US","year_from":2011,"year_to":2011,"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":[]}