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Service bulletins for the 2016 BMW i8

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.

197 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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Only bulletins with component: 12-volt battery are shown. Show all

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B6514192019-10-21. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. HEAD UNIT NBT EVO (HU-H2) PROGRAMMING ABORT: The CID screen may light up blue. When this occurs A battery reset is not successful in restoring head unit operation Software error in the Bootloader file (BTLD) of the head unit.
B6106192019-06-24. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY; EQUIPMENT. HIGH VOLTAGE DIAGNOSTIC SPECIALIST TRAINING AND EQUIPMENT STRATEGY. INFORMATION The ST1821 High Voltage Diagnostic Specialist Certification (HVS) is the next step in the E-mobility service strategy for BMW technicians.
B6126172018-11-26. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. Charging of the high voltage battery is interrupted and will not complete. A change in the job structure in ISTA causes the BDC to open the 30B relay unexpectedly.
B6110152018-11-13. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. "i8: Retrofitting High-Voltage Battery Ground Cables. INFORMATION Part Number Covered under the terms of the Limited Warranty for Passenger Cars and Light Trucks. Covered under the terms of the BMW Certified Pre-Owned Program when necessary and performed in conjunction with the CPO covered repair. Work time labor operation code 61 99 000 is not considered a Main labor operation. Also, since the ""work time"" FRU allowance to be claimed is specified, a separate punch time is not required unless it also includes other work that needs to claimed together with this work time labor operation."
B6120152018-11-05. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. "Check Control Messages for the 12 Volt Battery are Displayed. Sporadically, one or more of the following Check Control Messages may be displayed. The vehicle starts without problems and after a key cycle, the messages are gone. ID 229 - ""Charge Battery"" ID 304 - ""Change Battery"" ID 415 - ""Discharge Battery while stationary"" ID 460 - ""Replace Battery"" ID 461 - ""Battery state of charge... %"" Additionally, one or more of the following fault codes may be stored: DME - 213901 ""Power management: reduction or switching off of individual electrical consumers"" BDC - 8040C7 ""IBS: The recharging limit has been reached"" CAUSE Software error in the IBS (Intelligent Battery Sensor)."
B6601182018-07-16. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY. REMOTE KEY WILL NOT OPEN OR START VEHICLE: Remote key battery in service significantly less (under a year) than expected two-year life-span.

The summaries are NHTSA's. Each bulletin's page links NHTSA's copy of the manufacturer's document.