BMW i3 2014–2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B611617 · NHTSA communication 10146594 · issued Mar 1, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Equipment
component
2014–2017
model years
4
vehicle entries
Official summary
?CHARGING SOCKET EMERGENCY RELEASE DAMAGED . The tensioning strap of the emergency charging socket release (2) has been damaged. Possible reasons for damage to the emergency release tensioning strap are: Excessive force was required to operate the emergency release Improper routing of tensioning strap Component failure
Vehicles covered
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.