{"nhtsa_id":618592,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-04-17","date":"2000-10-01","document_id":"611300","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME VEHICLES WITH RAIN SENSING WIPERS, PRODUCED BEFORE FEBRUARY 2000 MAY EXHIBIT A WINDSHIELD WIPER THAT WIPES CONTINUOUSLY OR IN AN ERRATIC WAY; THE SENSITIVITY OF THE RAIN SENSOR CANNOT BE ADJUSTED; CONTROL OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPER VIA THE RAIN SENSOR FAILS INTERMITTENTLY; THE WINDSHIELD WIPER REMAINS OFF FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME; THE WIPER SWITCHES ON WITHOUT REASON WHEN THE VEHICLE MOVES FROM SHADE TO SUNLIGHT; THE WIPER WIPES THE WINDSHIELD FOUR OR FIVE TIMES WHEN THE RAIN SENSORS IS ACTIVATED; AND / OR THE WIPERS STOP APPROXIMATELY 10 DEGREES TO 15 DEGREES FROM THE END POSITION. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/618592","components":[{"id":"visibility","name":"Glass, wipers and mirrors","parent":null},{"id":"wiper","name":"Wipers and washers","parent":"visibility"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"E38","year_from":null,"year_to":null,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"BMW","model":"E39","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":[]}