Re: 2001 530i E39 Repeated Misfire Error Codes - Limp Home

"Scott Dorsey" <kludge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> Floyd Rogers <fbloogyuds@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>"mark barron" <mbarron@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>>> John Carrier wrote:
>>>> "mark barron" <mbarron@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>>> Thanks, so very much for your thoughts. I contacted a BMW dealer here
>>> in Michigan. He informed me that there are no recalls for coils or on
>>> matters that could relate to misfires. I believe you and not him, so
>>> I plan to try a different dealer.
>>
>>I have a '01 330xi.  Same exact engine you have.  There has *NOT*
>>been a recall on my car/engine.  If you search the NHTSA database,
>>you will also note that there have not been ignition coil recalls, for 
>>your
>>car or mine.
>
> A service bulletin is NOT necessarily a recall.

True.  Mark specifically mentioned "bulletin", but the OP mis-interpreted
that to be "recall".  The OP needs to be clear on that; his dealer also
needs to be clear on what the OP is asking for.

FloydR