{"nhtsa_id":10149256,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-11-26","date":"2017-05-01","document_id":"B612616","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY:CABLES","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/2017/MC-10149256-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10149256-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10149256","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"battery","name":"12-volt battery","parent":"electrical"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"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":[]}],"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":[]}