There have been 31 technical service bulletins issued for the 1999 BMW E39.
| Bulletin Date: | Oct. 1, 2003 |
| Component: | Engine. |
| Bulletin Summary: | A potential problem that could affect the durability of air mass meter of certain bmws equipped with the 4. 4l engine. Vehicles affected will have an illuminated check engine light and an air mass meter signal plausibility fault fc 73 store |
| Vehicles covered in this TSB: |
1999 BMW E38,
2000 BMW E38,
1999 BMW E39,
2000 BMW E39,
2000 BMW X5.
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| Bulletin Date: | Jul. 23, 2002 |
| Component: | Vehicle speed control accelerator pedal. |
| Bulletin Summary: | Subject regarding intermittent accelerator pedal feel problem - revised with simplified ordering procedure for certain models including e65/e66 since series introduction up to 06/02. |
| Vehicles covered in this TSB: |
1999 BMW E38,
2000 BMW E38,
2001 BMW E38,
1999 BMW E39,
2000 BMW E39,
2001 BMW E39,
2002 BMW E39,
2000 BMW E46,
2001 BMW E46,
2002 BMW E46,
BMW E52,
BMW E53,
BMW E65.
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| Bulletin Date: | Jul. 1, 2002 |
| Component: | Vehicle speed control accelerator pedal. |
| Bulletin Summary: | Subject regarding intermittent accelerator pedal feel problem for certain models especially the e65/e66 models. |
| Vehicles covered in this TSB: |
1999 BMW E38,
2000 BMW E38,
2001 BMW E38,
1999 BMW E39,
2000 BMW E39,
2001 BMW E39,
2002 BMW E39,
2000 BMW E46,
2001 BMW E46,
2002 BMW E46,
BMW E52,
BMW E53,
BMW E65.
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| Bulletin Date: | Jul. 1, 2002 |
| Component: | Vehicle speed control accelerator pedal. |
| Bulletin Summary: | Customer may complain of the accelerator pedal feelingnotchy or not moving smoothly when depressed in small increments on certain models including e52, e53 and e65/e66 vehicles from series introduction up to 06/02. *t |
| Vehicles covered in this TSB: |
1999 BMW E38,
2000 BMW E38,
2001 BMW E38,
1999 BMW E39,
2000 BMW E39,
2001 BMW E39,
2002 BMW E39,
2000 BMW E46,
2001 BMW E46,
2002 BMW E46,
BMW E52,
BMW E53,
BMW E65.
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| Bulletin Date: | May. 1, 2002 |
| Component: | Gasoline engine. |
| Bulletin Summary: | Subject regarding voluntary emissions recall campaign no. 02e-a01 relating to the premature failure of the crankcase ventilation hose. |
| Vehicles covered in this TSB: |
1999 BMW E36,
2000 BMW E36,
1999 BMW E39,
2000 BMW E39,
1999 BMW E46,
2000 BMW E46.
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| Bulletin Date: | Apr. 1, 2002 |
| Component: | Automatic transmission. |
| Bulletin Summary: | Subject regarding hard shifts, leak at torque converter seal. |
| Vehicles covered in this TSB: |
1999 BMW E39,
2000 BMW E39,
2001 BMW E39,
1998 BMW E46,
1999 BMW E46,
2000 BMW E46,
2001 BMW E46,
2000 BMW Z3,
2001 BMW Z3.
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| Bulletin Date: | Dec. 1, 2001 |
| Component: | Automatic transmission. |
| Bulletin Summary: | Customers may complain about erratic/harsh shifting and the transmission light is illuminated and no start/no crank condition. |
| Vehicles covered in this TSB: |
2000 BMW E36,
2000 BMW E37,
1999 BMW E39,
2000 BMW E39,
2001 BMW E39,
1998 BMW E46,
1999 BMW E46,
2000 BMW E46,
2001 BMW E46,
2000 BMW X5.
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| Bulletin Date: | Dec. 1, 2001 |
| Component: | Automatic transmission control module (tcm, pcm). |
| Bulletin Summary: | Customers may complain of hard or no shift and gear error fault codes 50, 52, 53, or 55 in the transmission control module. |
| Vehicles covered in this TSB: |
2000 BMW E36,
2000 BMW E37,
1999 BMW E39,
2000 BMW E39,
2001 BMW E39,
1998 BMW E46,
1999 BMW E46,
2000 BMW E46,
2001 BMW E46,
2000 BMW X5.
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BMW vehicle common problems.