{"nhtsa_id":616173,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-02-13","date":"2000-12-01","document_id":"540700","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":"540700","component":"VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"ON SOME VEHICLES FROM 12/98 TO 8/00, THE SUNROOF DOES NOT RESPOND CORRECTLY TO THE SWITCH INPUT. TYPICALLY, A CLOSED SUNROOF DOES NOT MOVE WHEN THE SWITCH INPUT IS TO OPEN, BUT TILTS WHEN THE SWITCH INPUT IS CLOSE. AFTER MOVING TO THE TILT POSITION, NORMAL SUNROOF FUNCTION IS THEN RESTORED. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/616173","components":[{"id":"visibility","name":"Glass, wipers and mirrors","parent":null},{"id":"sunroof","name":"Sunroof","parent":"visibility"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"E38","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"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":[]}