{"nhtsa_id":10147941,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-11-13","date":"2014-01-01","document_id":"612906","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"ELV Does Not Release. Cause 1: The steering column is held against the steering lock because of torque from the steering gear. In such cases, a yellow check control warning (CC ID# 187) is shown in the instrument cluster, but no faults are stored. Cause 2: Communication fault in the CAS (Car Access System) and ELV system network and/or battery low. The problem may cause the ELV warning to be displayed in yellow or red.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10147941-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10147941-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10147941","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"325I","year_from":2006,"year_to":2006,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2006_bmw_325i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"325XI","year_from":2006,"year_to":2006,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2006_bmw_325xi"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"325XIT","year_from":2006,"year_to":2006,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2006_bmw_325xi"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"328","year_from":2007,"year_to":2010,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"BMW","model":"328I","year_from":2007,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2007_bmw_328i","2008_bmw_328i","2009_bmw_328i","2010_bmw_328i","2011_bmw_328i","2012_bmw_328i","2013_bmw_328i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"328XI","year_from":2007,"year_to":2008,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2007_bmw_328xi","2008_bmw_328xi"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"328XI","year_from":2009,"year_to":2012,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"BMW","model":"330I","year_from":2006,"year_to":2006,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2006_bmw_330i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"330XI","year_from":2006,"year_to":2006,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2006_bmw_330xi"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"335","year_from":2007,"year_to":2010,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"BMW","model":"335D","year_from":2009,"year_to":2011,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2009_bmw_335d","2010_bmw_335d","2011_bmw_335d"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"335I","year_from":2007,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2007_bmw_335i","2008_bmw_335i","2009_bmw_335i","2010_bmw_335i","2011_bmw_335i","2012_bmw_335i","2013_bmw_335i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"335I US","year_from":2011,"year_to":2011,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2011_bmw_335i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"335IS","year_from":2011,"year_to":2011,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_bmw_335is"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"335IS","year_from":2013,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_bmw_335is"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"335XI","year_from":2007,"year_to":2008,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2007_bmw_335xi","2008_bmw_335xi"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"335XI","year_from":2009,"year_to":2010,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"BMW","model":"525I","year_from":2004,"year_to":2007,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2004_bmw_525i","2005_bmw_525i","2006_bmw_525i","2007_bmw_525i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"525XI","year_from":2006,"year_to":2007,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2006_bmw_525xi","2007_bmw_525xi"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"528I","year_from":2008,"year_to":2010,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2008_bmw_528i","2009_bmw_528i","2010_bmw_528i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"530I","year_from":2004,"year_to":2007,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2004_bmw_530i","2005_bmw_530i","2006_bmw_530i","2007_bmw_530i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"530XI","year_from":2006,"year_to":2007,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2006_bmw_530xi","2007_bmw_530xi"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"535I","year_from":2008,"year_to":2010,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2008_bmw_535i","2009_bmw_535i","2010_bmw_535i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"545I","year_from":2004,"year_to":2005,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2004_bmw_545i","2005_bmw_545i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"550I","year_from":2006,"year_to":2010,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2006_bmw_550i","2007_bmw_550i","2008_bmw_550i","2009_bmw_550i","2010_bmw_550i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"645CI","year_from":2004,"year_to":2005,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2004_bmw_645ci","2005_bmw_645ci"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"650I","year_from":2006,"year_to":2010,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2006_bmw_650i","2007_bmw_650i","2008_bmw_650i","2009_bmw_650i","2010_bmw_650i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"M3","year_from":2008,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2008_bmw_m3","2009_bmw_m3","2010_bmw_m3","2011_bmw_m3","2012_bmw_m3","2013_bmw_m3"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"M3 US","year_from":2011,"year_to":2011,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"BMW","model":"M5","year_from":2006,"year_to":2010,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2006_bmw_m5","2007_bmw_m5","2008_bmw_m5","2009_bmw_m5","2010_bmw_m5"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"M6","year_from":2006,"year_to":2010,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2006_bmw_m6","2007_bmw_m6","2008_bmw_m6","2009_bmw_m6","2010_bmw_m6"]}],"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":[]}