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January 1, 2011 Service bulletin

Bmw: on low mileage vehicles the engine runs rough, mifires, or fails to crank

BMW technical service bulletin SI B12 02 11 for 2010-2011 BMW X5, 2009-2010 BMW 3 Series and 2008-2009 BMW 5 Series and others.

Bulletin number
SI B12 02 11
Component
Engine and engine cooling
Summary
Bmw: on low mileage vehicles the engine runs rough, mifires, or fails to crank. This is caused by multiple short start-ups without the engine properly going through a warm-up phase. Rm

Owners of these vehicles have filed 254 complaints in the engine category.

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