{"nhtsa_id":53948,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-02-28","date":"1997-11-01","document_id":"16 06 97","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"FUEL LEVEL SENSOR MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED DURING PRODUCTION WHICH WILL CAUSE FUEL GAUGE TO READ APPROXIMATELY 3/4 FULL EVEN IF TANK IS COMOPLETELY FULL. *AK","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/53948","components":[{"id":"fuel-system","name":"Fuel system","parent":null},{"id":"fuel-tank","name":"Fuel tank","parent":"fuel-system"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"528I","year_from":1997,"year_to":1997,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1997_bmw_528i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"528IA","year_from":1997,"year_to":1997,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["1997_bmw_528i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"540I","year_from":1997,"year_to":1997,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["1997_bmw_540i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"540IA","year_from":1997,"year_to":1997,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["1997_bmw_540i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"E39","year_from":1997,"year_to":1997,"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":[]}