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BMW i3 2014–2017technical service bulletin

Bulletin B612116 · NHTSA communication 10146843 · issued Sep 1, 2016

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Electrical System
component
2014–2017
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

SERVICE ACTION: PROGRAMMING CONTROL UNITS (RANGE).The actual range can be inaccurate in relation to the state of charge of the high-voltage battery. Affects certain VINs (not all) produced between July 31, 2013 and July 18, 2016. Please check the key reader or the Warranty Vehicle Inquiry screen in DCSnet. The range calculation incorporated in the SME software.

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.