{"nhtsa_id":10151078,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-12-10","date":"2016-02-01","document_id":"B130116","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"FUEL SYSTEM, DIESEL; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE); ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:DIESEL","mfr_system":null,"summary":"The DDE software application for exhaust gas recirculation control (EGR) does not favorably match the diesel fuel grades available in many parts of the US market. The high pressure EGR cooler could become filled with soot particulate to the point that exhaust gas flow and cooling efficiency are significantly reduced. This could result in the Service Engine Soon light coming on with EGR control / Air mass faults being stored in the DDE.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10151078-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10151078-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10151078","components":[{"id":"electrical","name":"Electrical system","parent":null},{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null},{"id":"exhaust-emissions","name":"Exhaust and emissions","parent":null},{"id":"fuel-system","name":"Fuel system","parent":null},{"id":"egr-valve","name":"EGR valve","parent":"exhaust-emissions"},{"id":"software","name":"Software","parent":"electrical"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"X5","year_from":2014,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_bmw_x5","2015_bmw_x5","2016_bmw_x5","2017_bmw_x5"]}],"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":[]}