{"nhtsa_id":10151329,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-12-10","date":"2016-05-01","document_id":"B640516","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Crackling Noise from the Fresh Air Grille This Service Information bulletin supersedes SI B64 05 16 dated March 2016.. 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-10151329-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2016/MC-10151329-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10151329","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":[]}