{"nhtsa_id":10150121,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-12-03","date":"2013-03-01","document_id":"611312","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"?100A Fuse in Rear Power Distribution Box Failed, Causing Electrical System Failure. Various functions of the electrical system fail. In rare cases, the vehicle cranks but may not start. The 100-amp fuse (F502) in the rear power distribution box (Z3), mounted on the battery, has failed.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10150121-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10150121-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10150121","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"X3","year_from":2011,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2011_bmw_x3","2012_bmw_x3","2013_bmw_x3"]}],"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":[]}