{"nhtsa_id":10148165,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-11-13","date":"2014-12-01","document_id":"122114","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Engine Malfunction Warning Illuminated with FC 193208: Fuel Level Plausibility Stored in DME. The customer states that the engine malfunction warning lamp is illuminated and, while filling the fuel tank, the fuel gauge did not show the proper fill level. After the vehicle is driven a short distance, the fuel gauge will update to full. When diagnosed, the following fault is stored in the DME: ? FC 193208 Fuel level, plausibility: deviation between consumption and level change Vehicles with option 610 (Head-Up Display) are not affected. Follow the ISTA/D test plan for the applicable faults stored in the DME. CAUSE A software error in the instrument cluster causes the fuel gauge to incorrectly update while refilling.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10148165-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2014/MC-10148165-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10148165","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"fuel-system","name":"Fuel system","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"525D XDRIVE","year_from":2014,"year_to":2014,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"BMW","model":"528I","year_from":2011,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_bmw_528i","2012_bmw_528i","2013_bmw_528i","2014_bmw_528i","2015_bmw_528i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"535D","year_from":2014,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_bmw_535d","2015_bmw_535d"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"535I","year_from":2011,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_bmw_535i","2012_bmw_535i","2013_bmw_535i","2014_bmw_535i","2015_bmw_535i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"535I GRAN TURISMO","year_from":2010,"year_to":2012,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2010_bmw_535i","2011_bmw_535i","2012_bmw_535i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"535I US","year_from":2011,"year_to":2011,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2011_bmw_535i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"550I","year_from":2011,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_bmw_550i","2012_bmw_550i","2013_bmw_550i","2014_bmw_550i","2015_bmw_550i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"550I GRAN TURISMO","year_from":2010,"year_to":2012,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2010_bmw_550i","2011_bmw_550i","2012_bmw_550i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"640I","year_from":2012,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_bmw_640i","2013_bmw_640i","2014_bmw_640i","2015_bmw_640i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"650I","year_from":2012,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2012_bmw_650i","2013_bmw_650i","2014_bmw_650i","2015_bmw_650i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"ACTIVE HYBRID 3","year_from":2012,"year_to":2012,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"BMW","model":"ACTIVE HYBRID 5","year_from":2013,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_bmw_activehybrid-5"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"F800 R","year_from":2015,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_bmw_f-800-r"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"M5","year_from":2013,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_bmw_m5","2014_bmw_m5","2015_bmw_m5"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"M6","year_from":2013,"year_to":2015,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_bmw_m6","2014_bmw_m6","2015_bmw_m6"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"R1200 S ADVENTURE","year_from":2014,"year_to":2015,"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":[]}