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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 02:35 PM
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Technical Service Bulletins (TSB)

Can you still get TSB's for free someplace? I went to alldata and they are asking you to pay subscription fees now? I know you can get NHSTA recalls but how are we supposed to know all the things that the dealer techs are made aware of!
 
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 02:41 PM
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Check this out ...

http://www.mini2.com/forum/showthread.php?t=111345
 
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 03:13 PM
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Thanks, But This looks like some sort of back door.....this does not allow anyone to find a specific model....I happen to be looking for non MINI TSB's....and I noticed that it only has the most recent (05-06) TSBs listed for the MINI
 
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 03:25 PM
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http://www.alldata.com/tsb/
 
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 03:52 PM
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Originally Posted by mielnicki
Yeah, it only lists cars by manufactuer....You cant find which of the 549 TSB's for GM are for a chevy mailbu for example.
 
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 04:11 PM
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Did you look at the mini2 link that was posted... that lists the BMW TSB's and then there is a link to download the sorted list for MINI too... I found that link very helpful! thank you mielnicki!!!
 
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 04:16 PM
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If you go to the alldata site and choose BMW, the numbers with an M are for MINI
 
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by asodestrom
If you go to the alldata site and choose BMW, the numbers with an M are for MINI
YEP!!!!
 
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 07:40 AM
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Originally Posted by planeguy
Thanks, But This looks like some sort of back door.....this does not allow anyone to find a specific model....I happen to be looking for non MINI TSB's....and I noticed that it only has the most recent (05-06) TSBs listed for the MINI
Like I said. That is a great workaround for MINI's but the question I am asking the automotive gurus is how to find TSB's for any make AND MODEL of car.
At one time this was free and searchable from alldata .....Did the weaseels scrub this data from the internet and lock it away behind a subscription service?

Is this sort of data availiable anyplace else on the web?
 
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