BMW i3 2014–2021 — technical service bulletin
Bulletin B612016 · NHTSA communication 10193496 · issued Feb 5, 2017
Technical service bulletin
communication type
Hybrid Propulsion System
component
2014–2021
model years
9
vehicle entries
Official summary
The vehicle may exhibit any of the following at very low State of Charge (SOC) ? less than 8%: - Power loss or high voltage system shutdown while running range extender (REx). - Inconsistent performance of the REx. - High voltage system shutdown in vehicles without REx. - Excessively high range displayed in instrument cluster.
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.