{"nhtsa_id":46622,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1996-04-25","date":"1995-11-01","document_id":"120995(4286)","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE","mfr_system":null,"summary":"ENGINE DIFFICULT TO START WHEN HOT. CHECK THE AIR MASS METER AND ITS WIRING FOR PROPER OPERATION. IF THE AIR MASS METER IS OPERATING CORRECTLY THEN THE EPROM IN THE DME CONTROL MODULE AND THE IDLE CONTROL VALVE NEED TO BE REPLACED. *SD","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/46622","components":[{"id":"engine","name":"Engine","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"318","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":[]}