{"nhtsa_id":616126,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-02-09","date":"2000-12-01","document_id":"320200","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM","mfr_system":null,"summary":"ON SOME VEHICLES PRODUCED 9/98 TO 8/00, INTERMITTENTLY, AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE, THE SERVOTRONIC GOES INTO DEFAULT MODE. IN THIS MODE, POWER ASSISTANCE CONTINUES TO OPERATE, BUT IS NO LONGER SPEED DEPENDANT. NORMAL FUNCTION IS RESTORED IF THE IGNITION IS SWITCHED OFF, THEN ON AGAIN. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/616126","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"power-steering","name":"Power steering","parent":"steering"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"E38","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":[]}