{"nhtsa_id":10150404,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-12-03","date":"2012-12-01","document_id":"MC3200212","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Within the framework of quality monitoring, BMW Motorrad has ascertained that the wrong screws were used for the handlebar clamping blocks on a small number of vehicles (approx. 48 in the US). If these threaded fasteners are re-installed in the course of repair work or a retrofit, there is a possibility of the threads in the tapped holes of the clamping blocks being damaged.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10150404-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2012/MC-10150404-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10150404","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"8 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":[]}