BMW 5 Series 2004 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin 07122004 · NHTSA communication 10010966 · issued Jul 12, 2004
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Engine and Engine Cooling
component
2004
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
Retail delivery stop on 2004 my 8 & 12 cylinder vehicles produced may 2004 through july 2004. Due to a manufacturing error, the engine control module mail fail. This could cause the vehicle to stall unexpectedly or fail to start at all. *tt
Vehicles covered
What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.