{"nhtsa_id":10179815,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2020-09-14","date":"2020-08-01","document_id":"B511219","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","mfr_system":null,"summary":"KIDNEY GRILL ACTIVE AIR FLAP FAULTS: A check control message or MIL (Malfunction Indicator Lamp) may be illuminated, with one or more of the following faults stored: 138207- Active cooling damper control (AKKS), top: blockage at warm ambient temperature 21B043- Active cooling damper control (AKKS), top: blockage at all ambient temperatures 138222- Active cooling damper control (AKKS), above: positional deviation error detected at warm ambient temperature 138209- Active cooling damper control (AKKS), top: Control deviation at all ambient temperatures 13822B- Active cooling damper control (AKKS), top: Control deviation at all ambient temperatures 21B042- Active cooling damper control (AKKS), below: blockage at all ambient temperatures 138206- Active cooling damper control (AKKS), bottom, blockage at warm ambient temperature 138225-Active air-flap control, bottom: top limit position not detected 138224-Active air-flap control, bottom: bottom limit position not detected Multiple potential issues may be the cause, including: 1. Faulty active air flap(s) (Upper and/or lower) 2. Software error in the DME 3. Debris or blockages from outside influence (non-warranty) 4. Information error memory that does not require a repair 5. For G20 only- Detached lower active air flaps","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10179815-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2020/MC-10179815-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10179815","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"330E","year_from":2021,"year_to":2021,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2021_bmw_330e"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"330I","year_from":2019,"year_to":2020,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2019_bmw_330i","2020_bmw_330i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"840I","year_from":2020,"year_to":2020,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2020_bmw_840i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"M340I","year_from":2020,"year_to":2020,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2020_bmw_m340i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"M850I","year_from":2019,"year_to":2019,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"BMW","model":"M850I","year_from":2020,"year_to":2020,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2020_bmw_m850i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"M850XI","year_from":2019,"year_to":2019,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"BMW","model":"X5","year_from":2019,"year_to":2020,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2019_bmw_x5","2020_bmw_x5"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"X6","year_from":2020,"year_to":2020,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2020_bmw_x6"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"X7","year_from":2019,"year_to":2020,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2019_bmw_x7","2020_bmw_x7"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"Z4","year_from":2019,"year_to":2020,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2019_bmw_z4","2020_bmw_z4"]}],"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":[]}