Service bulletin B612016

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

The communication, as NHTSA indexes it (as of 2026-10-19)
Type	Service bulletin
NHTSA id	10193496
Published by NHTSA	2021-05-17
Manufacturer's number	B612016
Manufacturer's date	2017-02-05
NHTSA component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM

NHTSA's 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.

The document

The document is the manufacturer's. This site does not hold it. NHTSA files a document at one of these two addresses; we have not asked NHTSA which.

Components

Electrical system, Hybrid and electric drive

Vehicles listed
BMW I3	2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
BMW I3 REX	2014

Listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned: the document says which.

Recalls for the same vehicles and component
19V599000	2019-08-14. HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2019190	2019-04-18. Electrical
19V310000	2019-04-17. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY; HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM
2015343	2015-07-30. Electrical

A recall listed here may apply to some of the same vehicles. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle.

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