{"nhtsa_id":613535,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-07-21","date":"2000-05-01","document_id":"510300","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME TWO DOOR CUSTOMERS MAY ENCOUNTER A PROBLEM WITH EITHER DOOR BEING DIFFICULT TO OPEN. BMW IS CONDUCTING A SERVICE ACTION TO CORRECT OPERATION OF THE DOOR LATCH. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/613535","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":"E46 SERIES","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":[]}