{"nhtsa_id":46402,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1996-04-25","date":"1995-10-01","document_id":"510395(4240)","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR","mfr_system":null,"summary":"E36 CONVERTIBLES BUILT IN THE PERIOD 8/94 TROUGH 12/94 WHICH WERE EQUIPPED WITH OPTION PACKAGE 205 (HEATED SEATS [494] AND HEATED MIRRORS AND DOOR LOCK [314]), MAY HAVE A DOOR LOCK HEATER THAT DOES NOT WORK. THIS CAN BE DUE TO A MISSING SIGNAL WIRE FROM THE GENERAL MODULE (GM) TO CONNECTOR X257 AT THE LOWER LEFT 'A' PILLAR.","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/46402","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"BMW","year_from":1994,"year_to":1994,"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":[]}