There have been 15 technical service bulletins issued for the 1997 BMW E39.
| 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: | May. 1, 1999 |
| Component: | Engine. |
| Bulletin Summary: | Information regarding voluntary emission recall campaign no. 99e-a01. |
| Vehicles covered in this TSB: |
1995 BMW E36,
1996 BMW E36,
1997 BMW E36,
1998 BMW E36,
1999 BMW E36,
1995 BMW E39,
1996 BMW E39,
1997 BMW E39,
1998 BMW E39,
1999 BMW E39,
1996 BMW Z3,
1997 BMW Z3,
1998 BMW Z3,
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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BMW vehicle common problems.