{"nhtsa_id":10150106,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-12-03","date":"2013-03-01","document_id":"240113","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Oil Leak from Transfer Case. Oil is leaking from the transmission area, or oil seepage is noticed from the transmission/transfer case area during a service. CAUSE The leak can be misdiagnosed as a transmission fluid leak from either the mechatronics sleeve or transmission oil pan. The leak is actually coming from the transfer case (input or output shaft seal).","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10150106-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10150106-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10150106","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"X3","year_from":2011,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_bmw_x3","2012_bmw_x3","2013_bmw_x3","2014_bmw_x3"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"X5","year_from":2007,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2007_bmw_x5","2008_bmw_x5","2009_bmw_x5","2010_bmw_x5","2011_bmw_x5","2012_bmw_x5","2013_bmw_x5"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"X5 M","year_from":2010,"year_to":2012,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"BMW","model":"X6","year_from":2008,"year_to":2014,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2008_bmw_x6","2009_bmw_x6","2010_bmw_x6","2011_bmw_x6","2012_bmw_x6","2013_bmw_x6","2014_bmw_x6"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"X6 M","year_from":2010,"year_to":2012,"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":[]}