{"nhtsa_id":614279,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2000-10-06","date":"2000-08-01","document_id":"640690","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":"640690","component":"EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME E30 (3 SERIES) MODELS PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1988 MAY EXHIBIT AN AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR THAT DOES NOT ENGAGE - REVISED REPAIR PROCEDURE. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/614279","components":[{"id":"equipment","name":"Equipment and accessories","parent":null},{"id":"hvac","name":"Heating and air conditioning","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"3 SERIES","year_from":1988,"year_to":1988,"match":"curated","vehicle_ids":["1988_bmw_325i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"3 SERIES","year_from":1988,"year_to":1988,"match":"curated","vehicle_ids":["1988_bmw_325is"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"3 SERIES","year_from":1988,"year_to":1988,"match":"curated","vehicle_ids":["1988_bmw_325ic"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"3 SERIES","year_from":1988,"year_to":1988,"match":"curated","vehicle_ids":["1988_bmw_325ix"]}],"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":[]}