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BMW X3 2009–2013technical service bulletin

Bulletin SIB-12-12-13 · NHTSA communication 10052358 · issued May 1, 2013

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2009–2013
model years
5
vehicle entries

Official summary

Bmw: on some vehicles, the alternator would malfunction, due to sporadically charging or not charge at all, intermittently, when engine's at operating temperature. Models f10, f25. No model years listed. *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.