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April 1, 2010 Service bulletin

Bmw vehicles: various simultaneous electrical problems

BMW technical service bulletin SIB-61-18-09 for 2009-2010 BMW X5, 2009-2010 BMW Z4 and 2009-2010 BMW 3 Series and others.

Bulletin number
SIB-61-18-09
Component
Electrical system: software
Summary
Bmw vehicles: various simultaneous electrical problems. There is a software error in the jbbfe-3r control module. Very intermittently, the jbbfe-3r wakes up in bootloader ode instead of application mode. Perform diagnostics with ista and work through any related test modules.

Owners of these vehicles have filed 64 complaints in the electrical category.

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