BMW X3 2015–2016 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B160615 · NHTSA communication 10151403 · issued Aug 1, 2015
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Fuel System, Gasoline
component
2015–2016
model years
2
vehicle entries
Official summary
Deformation of the Fuel Tank. The vehicle loses power while driving. There may also be a complaint of difficulty refilling the tank. CAUSE There is inadequate venting of the fuel tank. This results in a lack of pressure compensation (vacuum) in the fuel tank as the level drops which causes the tank to collapse.
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.