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BMW i3 2014–2018technical service bulletin

Bulletin B612016 · NHTSA communication 10136350 · issued Mar 1, 2018

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2014–2018
model years
5
vehicle entries

Official summary

POWER LOSS AT VERY LOW SOC OF HV BATTERY: The vehicle may exhibit any of the following at very low State of Charge (SOC) Ð less than 8%:

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.