{"nhtsa_id":616682,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-03-08","date":"2001-01-01","document_id":"325200","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":"325200","component":"STEERING:LINKAGES:TIE ROD ASSEMBLY","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SUBJECT REGARDING RECALL CAMPAIGN 00V-341 - CHECKING TIE ROD NUTS. THE POTENTIAL DEFECT INVOLVES THE AXIAL JOINT OF THE LEFT STEERING TIE ROD AT THE STEERING GEARBOX OF AFFECTED VEHICLES. THE NUT THAT SECURES THE AXIAL JOINT OF THE LEFT STEERING TIE ROD TO THE STEERING GEARBOX MAY HAVE BEEN SECURED WITH INSUFFICIENT TORQUE. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/616682","components":[{"id":"steering","name":"Steering","parent":null},{"id":"tie-rod","name":"Tie rods and steering linkage","parent":"steering"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"X5","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":[]}