{"nhtsa_id":619687,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2001-06-23","date":"2001-04-01","document_id":"245001","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)","mfr_system":null,"summary":"THIS SERVICE INFORMATION BULLETIN STATES THAT DUE TO A TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE (TCM / EGS) SOFTWARE ERROR, A COMMUNICATION CONFLICT MAY EXIST BETWEEN THE TCM AND AN AFTERMARKET SCAN TOOL. A SERVICE ACTION HAS BEEN INITIATED INVOLVING CERTAIN VEHICLES WITH THE M54B30 ENGINE WHICH WERE PRODUCED UP TO 11/2000. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/619687","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"automatic-transmission","name":"Automatic transmission","parent":"powertrain"},{"id":"transmission-control-module","name":"Transmission control module","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"E53","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":[]}