2014 BMW I3
Safety Score
82
Safe
Recalls
2
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (2)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-02-09 | 17V088000 |
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | 19,130 | — | Details |
| 2014-07-14 | 14V422000 |
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | 27 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2014 BMW I3. The contact stated that while driving at 49 MPH, the vehicle made an abnormal screechin… |
| 2026-02-13 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | BMW Service Bulletin SI B22 04 15 to replace motor mount bolts and other components due to failure in 2016 was done on … |
| 2025-08-08 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | back in march 2025 my 2014 BMW i3 REX gave out a "Drivetrain Malfunction" error. The car's propulsion died while drivi… |
| 2024-10-06 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | The carbon fiber roof is delaminating and a portion of it came off and hit the front windshield of another car, causing… |
| 2024-08-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | A large portion of the car's hood (carbon laminate?) has ripped off and is surely to continue to tear and fly off while… |
| 2024-02-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | AC Compressor for the car battery system failed. There was a check engine light that was on steady, but not flashing. … |
| 2024-01-13 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | When the vehicle depletes it's battery and switches over to the range extender or the gas engine, the car will suddenly… |
| 2023-10-10 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I am writing to bring to your attention a persistent issue I have been facing with my 2014 BMW i3, VIN: [XXX] . Unfortu… |
| 2023-10-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I am writing regarding an ongoing issue I am having with BMW North America and their dealerships concerning a faulty ai… |
| 2023-08-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | Car roof is delaminating. |
| 2023-06-24 | STEERING | No | 0 | While driving through a parking lot at slow speeds on 6/24/2023 around 6:30 pm in Phoenix AZ, I noticed the steering fe… |
| 2023-03-18 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Light shows on dash for airbag. I took to the dealership and they said there was a problem and needed to be replaced. T… |
| 2023-03-15 | STEERING | No | 0 | The steering becomes sluggish, hard to turn back to center. Seems as though I had a flat front tire. This was not the c… |
| 2022-08-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | Roof is bubbling showing signs of delamination. Structural integrity is in question. I believe it is due to the carbon … |
| 2022-06-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | RANGE extender intermittintly doesnt start when electric is low cause dangerous loss of complete power . exacerbated by… |
| 2022-05-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I purchased my 2014 BMW i3 from Canada in 2019. It was imported from the U.S and still is registered in the U.S. I brou… |
| 2021-12-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Car had all warning light came on one day. We brought to a local dealer and they told me it was due to 12V battery was … |
| 2021-07-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I've had to replace the engine motor mount bolts twice in 3 years |
| 2021-03-23 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | UNBELTED SMALL ADULT CAN INCREASE NECK INJURY. FRONT AIR BAG MUST BE UPDATED |
| 2021-03-07 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE WARNING MESSAGE (SHOWN IN THE PHOTO PROVIDED) APPEARED LAST NIGHT AROUND 8:00 PM. |
| 2021-03-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 BMW I3. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOSS MOTIVE POWER. THE VEHICLE… |
| 2021-01-25 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE LEFT BRACKET FOR THE ELECTRIC ENGINE IS CRACKED AND THE DEALER WANTS SUBSTANTIALLY MORE FOR A REPLACEMENT ONE WHICH… |
| 2020-08-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY JERKED AND LOST ALL POWER WHILE IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET. I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT WOU… |
| 2020-05-29 | STEERING | No | 0 | SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS STEERING FEELS HARD TO TURN. SEEMS LIKE STEERING WANT TO REMAIN CENTERED OR OVER… |
| 2020-05-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME WITHOUT WARNING TO ME OR OTHER OWNERS OF SIMILAR VEHICLES P… |
| 2020-04-17 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHEN THE DRIVETRAIN FAILURE LIGHT COMES ON, THE MOTOR FAILS, THEN LOCKS UP IN PARK. YOU CONNOT THEN PUT IT IN NEUTRAL T… |
| 2019-10-17 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I WAS STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN AND WHEN I ACCELERATED THE REAR OF THE CAR FELT LIKE IT GOT REAR ENDED. I WALKED AROUND TH… |
| 2019-09-19 | STEERING | No | 0 | WHILE PULLING ONTO THE ROAD MY CAR STARTED PULLING STRONGLY TOWARDS THE LEFT AND WAS VERY HARD TO STEER. IT HAD VERY HE… |
| 2019-08-09 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | IN SEVERAL OCCASION, A DRIVE TRAIN MALFUNCTION WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN THE CITY. A "DRIVE TRAIN MALFUNCTION" LIGHTS UP A… |
| 2019-08-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 BMW I3. THE CONTACT PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED IN JUNE OF 2019. IN EARLY AUGUST, A LOUD GRI… |
| 2019-06-01 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE I3 REQUIRES FUNCTIONAL HV BATTERY COOLING TO OPERATE PROPERLY AND SAFELY. THE CAR USES A HEAT PUMP SYSTEM TO CONDI… |
| 2019-03-15 | STEERING | No | 0 | INTERMITTENTLY, THE POWER STEERING DOES NOT COME ON WHEN THE CAR IS TURNED ON. STEERING IS HEAVY AND SLOW. TURNING THE… |
| 2019-02-27 | STEERING | No | 0 | TEMPORARY LOSS OF POWER ASSIST. FROM A STOP, THE ASSIST WILL FUNCTION CORRECTLY UNTIL 30MPH. FROM THEN ON, THERE WILL B… |
| 2019-02-18 | STEERING | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND THE STEERING SUDDENLY BECAME HEAVY - NO LONGER SELF-CENTERING. THE CAR WOULD STILL GO WHERE … |
| 2018-11-08 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | I WENT TO LEAVE WORK. UPON TURNING THE CAR ON I NOTICED 3 WARNINGS APPEAR WHICH REQUIRED ME TO READ THEM AND ACKNOWLED… |
| 2018-06-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHEN THE VEHICLE ENTERS A 'FAULT' MODE, SUCH AS DRIVE MOTOR MALFUNCTION, THE CARS DISCONTINUES POWER TO THE DRIVE MOTOR… |
| 2018-01-03 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE DRIVER'S DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE OR DOES NOT LATCH. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT UNLATCHES/OPENS WHILE I AM DRIVING AS WELL.… |
| 2017-12-06 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | DECEMBER 6TH, 0650, I DROVE DOWN THE READY AVE NW IN FORT WALTON BEACH FL. I WAS DRIVING NORMAL - SPEED LIMIT 35 - WHEN… |
| 2017-01-22 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | AFTER A RECENT SOFTWARE UPDATE, THE COMPUTER IS UNABLE TO INDICATE THE ACCURATE STATE OF CHARGE, CAUSING UNEXPECTED POW… |
| 2016-12-29 | TIRES | No | 0 | BMW ARE MANUFACTURING NEWER MODEL TIRES FOR THEIR I3 . THESE TIRES ARE VERY NARROW COMPARED TO OTHER CARS THAT GET EASI… |
| 2016-06-27 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | PASSENGER SEAT SENSOR WOULD FAIL TO DETECT A PASSENGER AFTER DRIVE LASTING 20 MINUTES OR MORE. THE PASSENGER AIR BAG WI… |
| 2016-06-21 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | I TURNED RIGHT INTO A PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF A COMMERCIAL BUIDLING. I REMEMBER SLOWING DOWN AS I APPROACHED THE PARK… |
| 2016-06-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE CAR AND AT A STOP LIGHT THE CAR MADE SOME JERKY NOISE AND GOT THE "DRIVETRAIN MALFUNCTION - STOP AND … |
| 2016-01-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CHARGED MY CAR OVERNIGHT IN MY CLIMATE CONTROLLED GARAGE AND WENT OUT THE NEXT MORNING TO RUN ERRANDS. TURNED IT ON, PU… |
| 2015-12-15 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 2 | TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 BMW I3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ANOTHER VEHICLE DRIVING AT A HIGH RATE OF S… |
| 2015-08-24 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE BMW I3 ELECTRIC VEHICLE THAT COMES WITH A RANGE EXTENDER HAS A CRITICAL HAZARDOUS DESIGN FLAW. IT CANNOT CONSISTENT… |
| 2015-06-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TWO ISSUES: 1. DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 65 MPH, WITH BATTERY POWER DRAINED, THE REX (RESERVE ENGINE) TURNS ON. SUD… |
| 2015-05-26 | WHEELS | No | 0 | A SMALL PIECE OF PLASTIC EASILY PUNCTURED THE TIRE AND MADE IT FLAT. THE TIRES ON THE BMW I3 ARE PRONE TO FLATS AND EA… |
| 2015-05-21 | WHEELS | No | 0 | GETTING OUT OF A PARKING LOT AT VERY LOW SPEED OF 2-3 MILES PER HOUR TOUCHED A CURB AND THE TIRE WENT FLAT IMMEDIATELY … |
| 2015-01-22 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL | No | 0 | NEAR CRASH (CRASH AVOIDED BY MANUAL EMERGENCY BRAKING INTERVENTION) THE ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL WAS FOLLOWING A BLAC… |