{"nhtsa_id":10162425,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2019-07-11","date":"2019-07-10","document_id":"513612","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STRUCTURE:BODY; STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS; EQUIPMENT","mfr_system":null,"summary":"Creaking Noises from the B-Pillar Trim. The lower half of the B-pillar trim can make a creaking noise when driving. CAUSE: The two upper openings for the securing tabs on the bottom half of the B-pillar are too small to allow the two barbs of the upper trim to interlock.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10162425-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2019/MC-10162425-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10162425","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null},{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"X5","year_from":2007,"year_to":2013,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2007_bmw_x5","2008_bmw_x5","2009_bmw_x5","2010_bmw_x5","2011_bmw_x5","2012_bmw_x5","2013_bmw_x5"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"X5 M","year_from":2010,"year_to":2012,"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":[]}