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2000 BMW E46

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Service bulletins

24 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

SIB-63-02-01

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

BMW: PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING AND REPLACING INCANDESCENT AND HALOGEN LIGHT BULBS UNDER WARRANTY. *RM

SIB-16-02-09

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

BMW VEHICLES: FUEL LEVEL SENSOR REPAIRS. WHERE IT IS NECESSARY TO REPLACE THE RIGHT OR THE LEFT SIDE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR DUE TO A FAILURE, THE ENTIRE PUMP AND HOUSING OR DELIVERY UNIT (SUCTION JET ASSEMBLY) DO NOT NEED TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. IN SOME CASES, EPC DOES NOT SHOW THAT THE REPAIR KIT IS AVAILABLE SEPARATELY IN THE ILLUSTRATION, BUT IT IS AVAILABLE IN THE PARTS DESCRIPTION. ALL MODELS. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. *PE

640698

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

INTERMITTENT IHKA BLOWER OPERATION. *TT

000403

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

VERMONT STATE MERCURY CONTENT LABEL LAW. 2000 6 SERIES, X3 AND Z4 MODELS ALSO INCLUDED. *TT

230702

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

SUBJECT REGARDING INTERMITTENT ACCELERATOR PEDAL FEEL PROBLEM - REVISED WITH SIMPLIFIED ORDERING PROCEDURE FOR CERTAIN MODELS INCLUDING E65/E66 SINCE SERIES INTRODUCTION UP TO 06/02. *TT

350102

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

SUBJECT REGARDING INTERMITTENT ACCELERATOR PEDAL FEEL PROBLEM FOR CERTAIN MODELS ESPECIALLY THE E65/E66 MODELS. *TT

SIB350102

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

CUSTOMER MAY COMPLAIN OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FEELINGNOTCHY OR NOT MOVING SMOOTHLY WHEN DEPRESSED IN SMALL INCREMENTS ON CERTAIN MODELS INCLUDING E52, E53 AND E65/E66 VEHICLES FROM SERIES INTRODUCTION UP TO 06/02. *T

SIB110901

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

SUBJECT REGARDING VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS RECALL CAMPAIGN NO. 02E-A01 RELATING TO THE PREMATURE FAILURE OF THE CRANKCASE VENTILATION HOSE. *TT

SIB240402

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

SUBJECT REGARDING HARSH SHIFT COMPLAINTS. *TT

SIB240202

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

SUBJECT REGARDING HARD SHIFTS, LEAK AT TORQUE CONVERTER SEAL. *TT

240200

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN OF HARD OR NO SHIFT AND GEAR ERROR FAULT CODES 50, 52, 53, OR 55 IN THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. *TT

240500

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN ABOUT ERRATIC/HARSH SHIFTING AND THE TRANSMISSION LIGHT IS ILLUMINATED AND NO START/NO CRANK CONDITION. *TT

240998

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

EXPERIENCING A CLUNK NOISE HEARD/FELT DURING SITUATIONS OF LOAD REVERSAL. *TT

340801

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

CONCERNS WITH ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM ACTIVATING WHEN COMING TO A STOP ON VEHICLES PRODUCED BEFORE 9/2000. *TT

610201

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN OF HEADLIGHT BRIGHTNESS AND IDLE SPEED FLUCTUATIONS WHEN BOTH SEAT HEATING ELEMENTS ARE TURNED ON. *TT

640801

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

SUBJECT REGARDING INCORRECT AIR DISTRIBUTION FROM CENTER VENTS. *JG

110501

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

SERVICE ACTION NO 01E-A03 TO INSTALL CORRECT VEHICLE EMISSION CONTROL INFORMATION LABEL. *TT

241100

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

SOME CUSTOMERS MAY COMPLAIN THAT THE VEHICLE WILL NOT UP-SHIFT, TRANSMISSION IS IN FAIL-SAFE, OR ENGINE WILL NOT CRANK / START. FC 60 AND / OR FC114 IS STORED IN THE TCM. *TT

121599

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS RECALL 00E-AO1 - FAULT ACCESS / O2 READINESS CODES. BMW HAS DETERMINED THAT DUE TO AN ENGINE CONTROL MODULE SOFTWARE ERROR, A COMMUNICATION CONFLICT EXISTS BETWEEN THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE AND THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE. THIS MAY LEAD TO DIFFICULTIES OR PREVENT COMMUNICATION AND DATA TRANSMISSION BETWEEN THE ENGINE CONTROL MODULE AND AN OFF-BOARD SCAN TOOL. SUCH A SCAN TOOL MAY BE USED DURING AN OFFICIAL VEHICLE INSPECTION, SMOG CHECK, OR AN ENGINE REPAIR; AND / OR THE OXYGEN SENSOR READINESS CODE MAY NOT SET ON AFFECTED VEHICLES. *TT

720800

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

INFORMATION ON RESPOSITION THE SEAT BELT TAB ON CERTAIN CONVERTIBLES. *TT

110500

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

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

510100

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

INFORMATION REGARDING CREAKING, SQUEAKING, CLICKING NOISES FROM WINDOW REGULATOR INSTALLED ON SEDANS PRODUCED PRIOR TO 2/00. **MR

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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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