# NHTSA recall 19V310000

A recall listed here may apply to a vehicle of this year, make and model. Only the manufacturer can say whether it applies to one vehicle: check the VIN with the official lookups.

- Published by: NHTSA \(United States\)
- Campaign number: 19V310000
- Manufacturer: BMW of North America, LLC
- Reported: 2019\-04\-17
- Owners notified: 2019\-06\-13
- Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY; HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM
- Units potentially affected: 159

## What is wrong

BMW of North America, LLC \(BMW\) is recalling certain 2018 i3 BEV and i3 REx hybrid electric vehicles.  A circuit board problem within the Electric Motor Electronics \(EME\) module may shutdown the supply of high voltage electrical power.


## What can happen

A shut down of high\-voltage electrical power would result in a loss of propulsion, increasing the risk of a crash.


## The remedy

BMW will notify owners, and dealers will replace the EME module, free of charge.  The recall began June 13, 2019.  Owners may contact BMW customer service at 1\-800\-525\-7417.


## Notes

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1\-888\-327\-4236 \(TTY 1\-800\-424\-9153\), or go to www.safercar.gov.


## Remedy progress the manufacturer reported

- Report: Quarterly report 6, for 2020 quarter 3
- Filed with NHTSA: 2020\-10\-28
- Vehicles in the campaign: 159
- Reported remedied: 146 \(91%\)
- Reported unreachable: 0
- Reported removed: 1

These are the manufacturer's totals for the whole campaign at the end of 2020 quarter 3, as filed with NHTSA. They do not say whether one vehicle has been remedied: check the VIN with the official lookups. The reports are from data as of 2026\-10\-19.

## Vehicles this campaign lists

- [2018 BMW I3](/makes/bmw/i3/2018/recalls.md). Built 2018\-01\-13 to 2018\-02\-20.

## Check a VIN

- [NHTSA recall lookup by VIN, United States](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls)
- [Transport Canada recall search, Canada](https://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/Saf-Sec-Sur/7/VRDB-BDRV/search-recherche/menu.aspx?lang=eng)

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