{"nhtsa_id":10150236,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-12-03","date":"2013-08-01","document_id":"M010513","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STRUCTURE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Bodyguard(r) Exterior Paint Finish Protection. As part of our ongoing quality improvements, all MINI vehicles arriving at your dealer are fitted with a protective film (Bodyguard(r)) on the hood, trunk lid and hardtop roof surfaces. As we stated in a separate communication, we encourage you to keep the Bodyguard protection on the vehicles while in storage - especially stock vehicles stored outside - until time of delivery preparation and customer handover. For the next six months, we are piloting a revised policy to permit warranty claims for damage found when the protective film is eventually removed. Important: The Bodyguard film must not remain on any vehicle beyond six (6) months from its date of production.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10150236-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2013/MC-10150236-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10150236","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"K SERIES","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"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":[]}