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BMW 325CI 2003–2006technical service bulletin

Bulletin B160317 · NHTSA communication 10145287 · issued Jul 1, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
2003–2006
model years
7
vehicle entries

Official summary

E46 PZEV/SULEV (M56) FUEL TANKS: REPLACEMENT AND PARTS RETURN PROCEDURE: BMW of North America, LLC (ÒBMW NAÓ) will begin offering factory remanufactured fuel tank assemblies for E46 (3 Series) PZEV/SULEV (Model vehicles with the M56 engine).

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.