BMW i3 2014–2017 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B611517 · NHTSA communication 10146648 · issued Apr 1, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2014–2017
model years
8
vehicle entries
Official summary
?SERVICE ACTION: PROGRAMMING CONTROL MODULES FOR OBD COMPLIANCE. Communication between the HV Battery Control Module (SME) and the HV Electrical Machine Electronics (EME) may be disrupted. The Check Engine Light may not be illuminated when the OBD related fault is stored in the SME module. SME diagnostic software error.
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.