{"nhtsa_id":10151192,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-12-10","date":"2016-03-01","document_id":"B640516","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Crackling Noise from the Fresh Air Grille. Customer complains of crackling noises coming from the fresh air grille for approx. 15 seconds when switching on the air-conditioning system. Refrigerant transition inside the evaporator.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10151192-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10151192-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10151192","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null},{"id":"hvac","name":"Heating and air conditioning","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"X5","year_from":2014,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_bmw_x5","2015_bmw_x5","2016_bmw_x5"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"X6","year_from":2015,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_bmw_x6","2016_bmw_x6"]}],"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":[]}