{"nhtsa_id":600296,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1998-05-06","date":"1998-03-01","document_id":"51 12 97","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":"51 12 97","component":"STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SITUATION WITH DOOR PIN ON VEHICLE COMES LOOSE. AFFECTS ONLY CERTAIN Z3S BUILT IN 4/97 *DB*YC","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/600296","components":[{"id":"structure-body","name":"Body and frame","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"Z3","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"match":"exact","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":[]}