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1998 BMW E39

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Service bulletins

20 bulletins

Technical service bulletins are instructions a manufacturer sent its dealers about a known fault. They are not recalls and the work is usually not free, but they are the clearest signal of a problem the manufacturer already knows about.

B000706

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

When using the Key Reader to retrieve information from the customer’s key, the data is not updated or current.

B630516

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

Moisture is visible on the inside of one or both headlights

120401

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN THAT THE VEHICLE CRANKS BUT DOES NOT START AND FC164 HEIGHT SENSOR IS STORED IN THE DME AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. *TT

240300

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN OF AN OCCASIONAL HARD 3-2 DOWNSHIFT OR CLUNK WHEN SLOWING OR HARSH DOWNSHIFT AT FREEWAY SPEED. *TT

840801

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

SUBJECT REGARDING VOICE INPUT SYSTEM ADAPTER HARNESS FOR DIGITAL PHONES. *JG

120201

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

SOME VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATION WITH OXYGEN SENSOR FAULT CODES 5, 13, 10 AND / OR 18 SET IN THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE. *TT

120200

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED AND THERMOSTAT SOFTWARE, OXYGEN SENSOR AND VARIOUS MISFIRE FAULT CODES ARE STORED IN THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECM). *TT

110500

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

EXPERIENCING A BUZZING OR RATTLING NOISE HEARD COMING FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *TT

120500

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

CUSTOMER COMPLAINT THAT THE A/C IS BLOWING WARM AIR WHEN ACCELERATING LIGHTLY FROM A STOP. *TT

130100

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

VEHICLES WITH M62 ENGINES PRODUCED UP TO 4/98 MAY EXPERIENCE A HIGH PITCHED WHISTLING NOISE FROM THE AIR FILTER HOUSING. *TT

640200

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

CUSTOMER COMPLAINT THAT THE A/C IS BLOWING WARM AIR WHEN ACCELERATING LIGHTLY FROM A STOP. *TT

110300

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

CONSUMER COMPLAINTS REGARDING COOLANT TEMPERATURE GAUGE FLUCTUATES (IN AND OUT OF RED ZONE) AND / OR HEATER OUTPUT TOO LOW. **MR

240400

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

CUSTOMER COMPLAINT OF A HARD 5-4 AND / OR 3-2 DOWNSHIFT, OR TRANS PROG. DISPLAYED IN THE MATRIX. **MR

040600

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

INFORMATION REGARDING THE DSC III TEST CABLE. *TT

640499

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

CUSTOMER COMPLAIN OF NO AIR CONDITIONER, COMPRESSOR NOT ENGAGED. *TT

640599

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS OF AIR CONDITIONER NOT FUNCTIONING. *TT

110499

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

SOME COSTUMERS MAY COMPLAIN OF AN INTERMITTENT ROUGH IDLE WITH CERTAIN OPERATING CONDITIONS. *TT

121099

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

INFORMATION REGARDING VOLUNTARY EMISSION RECALL CAMPAIGN NO. 99E-A01. *TT

090199

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

SUBJECT REGARDING KEY MEMORY FUNCTIONS CHANGING WITHOUT REQUEST. *TT

620498

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

EXPERIENCING VARIOUS FUNCTIONS ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER WITH INTEGRATED IKE ARE INOPERATIVE, OR LOCKED UP. *TT

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Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.

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