{"nhtsa_id":10150204,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-12-03","date":"2013-11-01","document_id":"M120213","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"State Inspection and Emission (I/M) Test Fails Due to an Invalid VIN Number. The affected vehicle may fail to pass a State Inspection and Emission (I/M) test due to a noncompliant 17-digit vehicle identification number (VIN) stored in the DME (Digital Motor Electronic). The VIN read-out displayed on the state test printout does not match the actual VIN of the vehicle. If the DME was reprogrammed using the previously available BMW service equipment (e.g., Progman, GT1), it was possible that only the last 7 of the VIN were entered into the DME, and positions 4 through 10 may only contain default characters. For example: The state I/M tester or OBD scan tool may read out WBAAA00000A123456 instead of the correct full 17-digit VIN, WBAZZ03492A123456.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10150204-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10150204-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10150204","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER","year_from":2002,"year_to":2006,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2002_mini_cooper","2003_mini_cooper","2004_mini_cooper","2005_mini_cooper","2006_mini_cooper"]},{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER CONVERTIBLE","year_from":2005,"year_to":2007,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2005_mini_cooper-convertible","2006_mini_cooper-convertible","2007_mini_cooper-convertible"]},{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER S","year_from":2002,"year_to":2006,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2002_mini_cooper","2003_mini_cooper","2004_mini_cooper","2005_mini_cooper","2006_mini_cooper"]},{"make":"MINI","model":"COOPER S CONVERTIBLE","year_from":2005,"year_to":2007,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2005_mini_cooper","2006_mini_cooper","2007_mini_cooper"]}],"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":[]}