{"nhtsa_id":10151013,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-12-10","date":"2016-01-01","document_id":"B610116","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; VISIBILITY/WIPER","mfr_system":null,"summary":"The Windshield Wipers Come On Erroneously. The windshield wipers come on by themselves without activating the switch. This can happen at vehicle start or while driving. Communication error between the SZL (Steering Column Switch Center) and the JBBF (Junction Box Co Driver).","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10151013-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10151013-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10151013","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"visibility","name":"Glass, wipers and mirrors","parent":null},{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"wiper","name":"Wipers and washers","parent":"visibility"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"X3","year_from":2014,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_bmw_x3","2015_bmw_x3","2016_bmw_x3"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"X4","year_from":2015,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_bmw_x4","2016_bmw_x4"]}],"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":[]}