{"nhtsa_id":628405,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2002-03-08","date":"2001-11-01","document_id":"240300","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":"240300","component":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN OF AN OCCASIONAL HARD 3-2 DOWNSHIFT OR CLUNK WHEN SLOWING OR HARSH DOWNSHIFT AT FREEWAY SPEED. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/628405","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"automatic-transmission","name":"Automatic transmission","parent":"powertrain"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"E38","year_from":1998,"year_to":2000,"match":null,"vehicle_ids":[]},{"make":"BMW","model":"E39","year_from":1998,"year_to":2000,"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":[]}