BMW X5 1999–2013 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin SIB160712 · NHTSA communication 10051419 · issued Dec 1, 2012
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
1999–2013
model years
29
vehicle entries
Official summary
Bmw: service action: replace the left and right fuel level sensor. Due to high proportion of ethanol in the fuel, the internal mechanisms of the fuel level sensors may swell. This may inhibit the movement of one or both of the fuel level sensors. *js
Vehicles covered
- 1999 BMW X5
- 2000 BMW X5
- 2001 BMW X5
- 2002 BMW X5
- 2003 BMW X5
- 2004 BMW X5
- 2005 BMW X5
- 2006 BMW X5
- 2008 BMW X5
- 2009 BMW X5
- 2010 BMW X5
- 2011 BMW X5
- 2012 BMW X5
- 2013 BMW X5
- 2007 BMW X5 Sav
- 2000 BMW X6
- 2001 BMW X6
- 2002 BMW X6
- 2003 BMW X6
- 2004 BMW X6
- 2005 BMW X6
- 2006 BMW X6
- 2007 BMW X6
- 2008 BMW X6
- 2009 BMW X6
- 2010 BMW X6
- 2011 BMW X6
- 2012 BMW X6
- 2013 BMW X6
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.