{"nhtsa_id":10153710,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-02-25","date":"2018-12-01","document_id":"B651915","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.","mfr_system":null,"summary":"XM SATELLITE RADIO RECEPTION. INFORMATION Currently Satellite Radio is provided by SiriusXM for BMW customers. SiriusXM is the only company currently broadcasting Satellite Radio in North America. Satellite radio was broadcast from two different sets of Satellites using different earth orbits. XM uses geosynchronous (GEO) satellites located roughly above the equator. This means that the satellite signal to some parts of the United States can come in at an angle as low as 32 degrees to the horizon. This is different than Sirius Satellites in a Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) which came in to the vehicle at a higher angle to the horizon. As of April 2016 Sirius equipped head units moved to the XM Satellites constellation and now show the same location based cutouts.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10153710-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2018/MC-10153710-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10153710","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"BMW","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":[]}