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BMW I3

Every BMW I3 model year on file, 2014 to 2022. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years21313 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years92014 to 2022
Recall campaigns8Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins1,315Summed across model years
By model year

The 2014 model year drew the most complaints, 54, 25% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

020406020145420152016201720182019202020212022
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Steering leads the BMW I3 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Steering
48
Structure
40
Electrical system
31
Powertrain
31
Airbags
25
Speed control
20
Engine and cooling
18
Fuel system
18
Brakes
6
Seat belts
6
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each BMW I3 model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

BMW I3 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2022Not decoded0NoneNone014
2021Not decoded0NoneNone0121
2020Not decoded0NoneNone0140
2019Hatchback137.71001143
2018Hatchback140.010031143
2017Hatchback527.730631201
2016Hatchback339.126421256
2015Hatchback474.327731294
2014Wagon545.645041313
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the BMW I3

  • 19V-599 Aug 14, 2019
    Circuit board problem within the Electric Motor Electronics (EME) module may shutdown the supply of high-voltage electrical power
    Electrical system · 139 vehicles
  • 19V-310 Apr 17, 2019
    Circuit board problem within the Electric Motor Electronics (EME) module may shutdown the supply of high voltage electrical power
    Electrical system · 159 vehicles
  • 18V-652 Sep 20, 2018
    Capacitors within the TurboCord Portable Chargers may fail, possibly resulting in a shock hazard or a fire
    Equipment · 3,501 vehicles
  • 17V-720 Nov 16, 2017
    Unbelted, small adult, drivers may be at a higher risk of neck injury in the event of a frontal crash
    Airbags · 32k vehicles
  • 17V-088 Feb 9, 2017
    Fuel tank vent line may rub against the ribbed wire protection sleeve of the battery positive (B+) cable, creating a hole in the vent line and…
    Fuel system · 19k vehicles
  • 16V-914 Dec 20, 2016
    Affected vehicles have seat- mounted side air bag inflator initiators that may fail to ignite during a crash
    Airbags · 3,506 vehicles
  • 15V-628 Oct 7, 2015
    Due to a manufacturing error, the passenger frontal air bag may not deploy properly in a low speed crash
    Airbags · 6,073 vehicles
  • 14V-422 Jul 14, 2014
    Affected vehicles may have been manufactured with an air bag inflator that was not assembled correctly
    Airbags · 27 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.