{"nhtsa_id":631171,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2002-05-20","date":"2002-04-01","document_id":"SIB510102","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD","mfr_system":null,"summary":"SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN OF A CREAKING OR POPPING NOISE FROM THE SIDE WINDOWS WHEN DRIVING ON ROUGH ROADS OR WHEN THE BODY FLEXES FOR E46 COVERTIBLES BUILT PRIOR TO OCT, 2001. *SLC","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/631171","components":[{"id":"visibility","name":"Glass, wipers and mirrors","parent":null},{"id":"windshield","name":"Windshield","parent":"visibility"}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"BMW","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":[]}