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BMW 1 Series 2009–2010technical service bulletin

Bulletin SIB-61-18-09 · NHTSA communication 10034467 · issued Apr 1, 2010

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2009–2010
model years
10
vehicle entries

Official 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. *pe

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.