{"nhtsa_id":635470,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2002-10-23","date":"2002-07-01","document_id":"250102","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":"250102","component":"POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION","mfr_system":null,"summary":"A CONDITION MAY EXIST WHERE THE BALL CUP THAT SECURES THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT CABLE TO THE TRANSMISSION LINKAGE MAY SEPARATE FROM THE INERTIA ABSORBER LOCATED ON THE END OF THE SHIFT CABLE USED ON R50 COOPER VEHICLES WITH W10 ENGINES AND MANUAL TRANSMISSION. *TT","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/635470","components":[{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","parent":null},{"id":"manual-transmission","name":"Manual transmission","parent":"powertrain"}],"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":[]}