There have been 13 technical service bulletins issued for the 1997 BMW E38.
| Bulletin Date: | Oct. 1, 2001 |
| Component: | Electrical equipment. |
| Bulletin Summary: | Subject regarding voice input system adapter harness for digital phones. |
| Vehicles covered in this TSB: |
1997 BMW E38,
1998 BMW E38,
1999 BMW E38,
2000 BMW E38,
1997 BMW E39,
1998 BMW E39,
1999 BMW E39,
2000 BMW E39,
BMW E53.
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| Bulletin Date: | Jul. 1, 2000 |
| Component: | Unknown or other. |
| Bulletin Summary: | Customer complaints that the check engine light is illuminated and thermostat software, oxygen sensor and various misfire fault codes are stored in the engine control module (ecm). |
| Vehicles covered in this TSB: |
1997 BMW E38,
1998 BMW E38,
1999 BMW E38,
1997 BMW E39,
1998 BMW E39,
1999 BMW E39.
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| Bulletin Date: | Jun. 1, 2000 |
| Component: | Air bags. |
| Bulletin Summary: | Concerns with the srs airbag warning light illuminated and fault codes stored in the srs airbag control module fault memory. |
| Vehicles covered in this TSB: |
1997 BMW E36,
1997 BMW E38,
1997 BMW E39.
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| Bulletin Date: | Mar. 1, 2000 |
| Component: | Engine and engine cooling. |
| Bulletin Summary: | Customer complains that the check engine light is illuminated with fault code 139 or 140 activation map cooling is stored in the ecu / dme. |
| Vehicles covered in this TSB: |
1997 BMW E38,
1998 BMW E38,
1997 BMW E39,
1998 BMW E39.
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| Bulletin Date: | Mar. 1, 2000 |
| Component: | Automatic transmission. |
| Bulletin Summary: | Customer complaint of a hard 5-4 and / or 3-2 downshift, or trans prog. Displayed in the matrix. * |
| Vehicles covered in this TSB: |
1997 BMW E38,
1998 BMW E38,
1997 BMW E39,
1998 BMW E39.
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| Bulletin Date: | Feb. 1, 2000 |
| Component: | Equipment. |
| Bulletin Summary: | Information regarding the dsc iii test cable. |
| Vehicles covered in this TSB: |
1997 BMW E38,
1997 BMW E39,
1998 BMW E39,
1999 BMW E46,
1999 BMW Z3.
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| Bulletin Date: | Apr. 1, 1999 |
| Component: | Engine. |
| Bulletin Summary: | Information pertaining to quality monitoring of m44 / m62 camshaft sensor. |
| Vehicles covered in this TSB: |
1997 BMW E36,
1997 BMW E38,
1997 BMW E39,
1997 BMW Z3.
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| Bulletin Date: | Dec. 1, 1997 |
| Component: | Electrical equipment. |
| Bulletin Summary: | Improved software for cmt 500vr phone on vehicles with mk 11 nav system. |
| Vehicles covered in this TSB: |
1997 BMW E38,
1997 BMW E39.
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Also see
BMW vehicle common problems.