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Specifically, our analysis of the claim-related data for vehicles equipped with the engines noted in this bulletin is showing an above-average number of engine gasket repair/replacement claim submissions. The purpose of this bulletin is to provide your workshop with information and a procedure that will help in identifying engine oils leaks that do and do not require a repair.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10148087-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10148087-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10148087","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"1 SERIES M","year_from":2011,"year_to":2011,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"BMW","model":"128I","year_from":2008,"year_to":2012,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2008_bmw_128i","2009_bmw_128i","2010_bmw_128i","2011_bmw_128i","2012_bmw_128i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"128I US","year_from":2009,"year_to":2009,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2009_bmw_128i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"128I 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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":[]}