{"nhtsa_id":611039,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-05-25","date":"1999-08-01","document_id":"240299","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"VEHICLES MAY EXPERIENCE WHISTLE NOISE DURING UPSHIFT WITH THM-RI TRANSMISSION, Z3 MODEL WITH (M44) ENGINE AND 4 SPEED TRANSMISSION 4/96 TO 9/98, (M52) ENGINE WITH 4 SPEED TRANSMISSION 9/96-PRESENT. *MJS","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/611039","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"automatic-transmission","name":"Automatic transmission","parent":"powertrain"}],"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":[]}