{"nhtsa_id":53504,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-03-01","date":"1997-08-01","document_id":"51 08 97","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH","mfr_system":null,"summary":"LOCK BUTTONS ON REAR DOOR PANELS. *AK","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/53504","components":[{"id":"latches-locks","name":"Latches and locks","parent":null},{"id":"door-latch","name":"Door latch","parent":"latches-locks"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"E38","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":[]}